On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Gareth Pye <gareth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > My proposed upgrade method is: > Boot from a live CD with the latest kernel I can find so I can do a few tests: > A - run the fsck in read only mode to confirm things look good > B - mount read only, confirm that I can read files well > C - mount read write, confirm working > Install latest OS, upgrade to latest kernel, then repeat above steps. > > Any likely hiccups with the above procedure and suggested alternatives? I'd simply install the new OS on a new partition/subvol. This is what I did when upgrading from natty -> oneiric -> precise. IIRC there are some incompatibilites (e.g. space/inode cache disk format?) but newer kernels will just do the right thing, drop the old cache and create a new one. -- Fajar -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
