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# 1  
Old 10-24-2010
Linux - update/upgrade
Hi,

I'm interesting do you have a some solution/good practice how upgrade/update OS with possibility to back previously release (something like Live upgrade in Solaris) ?

thanks.
# 2  
Old 10-24-2010
Most times, you cannot roll back. However, you should have a good backup of your system if you intend to do an upgrade.

One method involves pulling a mirrored drive before the upgrade and then recovering by removing the drive where the upgrade failed and booting from the original mirror drive.
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Old 10-26-2010
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Originally Posted by deivo
Hi,

I'm interesting do you have a some solution/good practice how upgrade/update OS with possibility to back previously release (something like Live upgrade in Solaris) ?

thanks.
Red Hat based systems: yum install update or yum install upgrade!!!
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