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echo: rberrypi
to: DRUCK
from: MARTIN GREGORIE
date: 2018-07-10 19:47:00
subject: Re: When to reboot?

On Tue, 10 Jul 2018 20:11:39 +0100, druck wrote:

> In addition to the excellent advice, you should upgrade and reboot
> before taking your next backup.
>
Errm, I think you meant "upgrade and reboot AFTER taking your next
backup".

If this is a full backup, done with something like rsync, it pretty much
guarantees that none of your stuff will be lost if the upgrade breaks
something vital *and* that restoring the backup will leave you with a
runnable system.


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