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  1. 05-24-2007 #1
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    system restoration

    I want to make a kernel update after a fresh installation of openSUSE 10.2 What can I do in order to restore my system in case something goes wrong?
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    nothing... GRUB Menu will have choice to boot up earlier version Kernel too.
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    Last time I upgraded the kernel it didn't. I have noticed that with the default installation kernel of opensuse ( 2.6.18.2-34) the multimedia keys of hp dv6397ea are recognized and function really good. After upgrading to 2.6.28.8 they stopped working.
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    Once, when I updated my kernel GRUB got completely messed up, and I had to do a complete reinstall.
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    I always make an image of my partitions after installing. It only takes 3 or 4 minutes to create the image and I can restore the image in about 4 or 5 minutes if I should screw anything up.

    You could consider using ghost4linux, partimage, norton ghost, or acronis trueimage to do the job.
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    The best way is to make an image of your hard disk installation.
    I have used Clonezilla / DRBL in conjunction with GParted.
    For a how-to have a look here.

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    Hi, johnroberts - your link for Clonezilla in the HowTo doesn't work for me. At any rate, Clonezilla looks interesting, and I'll be checking it out myself:

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    Hmmm... this is odd indeed. Please try to copy the link manually:
    http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/sus...our-linux.html
    Otherwise, if it still does not work, try these two ones (they are the same...):
    On the SUSE Linux forum,
    N(.)(.)b's How-to To Opensuse Total Backup And Bare-metal-restore - SuSE Linux Forums
    On LinuxQuestions
    How to Backup & Restore Your Installation - LinuxQuestions.org
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