graysonf
Premium,MVM
join:1999-07-16
Fort Lauderdale, FL
| Some suggestions.
Make regular backups of hard or impossible to replace data. Find a "hands off" way to do this that can be automated on a schedule so you don't have to do the job yourself. Make sure your backups are good and that you can actually restore them. This has to be tested somehow, and it needs to be a real test. Probably the easiest way is to get this figured out right after the initial install, then just restore right over it and see if it worked. Nothing worse than having no backups at all and needing them, or having backups that cannot be restored. I use Acronis True Image stuff here. It just works.
Partitioning and formatting. Make sure you know the drive layout well if you are going to manipulate an existing setup. Really know what you are looking at, write it all down so you have something to look at later when you won't be able to easily get back to look again with familiar tools that are no longer accessible.
There is no mercy with fdisk and mkfs. Telling them to delete the wrong partition, or format the wrong device is surprisingly easy. And what you see for a drive layout in an installer getting ready to whack a disk might not look familiar. As I have said, 'opportunities' abound. It is impossible to be too careful.
Leaving some unpartitioned space on a drive is a good idea if you can afford the unused space. If you ever get into a jam and need some disk space, you can create it there. But if it doesn't exist and the drive is full, too bad.
Good luck. |
