Re: [Xen-users] New to Xen: safety concerns (Linux Dom0, Windows DomU)

[Chris Angelico <rosuav@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Drake Wilson <drake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm curious why you don't just make a bitwise copy of the entire hard drive
> (or other primary storage) before doing anything.  That would be a bit 
> time-consuming
> and require extra hardware, but it would seem to leave the least room for 
> intractable
> stuck positions later on while being very straightforward to start with.
>

That would be a snapshot-in-time, which is a good thing too; what I
mean by reverting to the normal state is more along the lines of "get
me to the state where I would have been if I'd never installed Xen,
but had done all the other things I've done with this box". If I
install two applications, I normally expect to be able to deinstall
one without affecting the other. Not always possible, but that'll give
you more of an idea of what I'm thinking here.

Chris Angelico

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