I didn't see this addressed. I looked, but I didn't see it.
MBP, 2GB RAM, 160GB HD. Running 10.5.8 - pretty reliable and up to date.
VMWare Fusion 2.0.6 (basically stable - upgraded last Friday),
Leopard version of boot camp (2.0 ?) with Windows XP (reliable, but still, Windows).
I bought the 10.6 upgrade on Saturday, and it occurs to me "If I lose my VMWare system, my boot camp machine as well as render my MBP unusable, I am well and truly f****d." Not so much the data, I've got all of that saved - but the time to get everything working again. I could be down for 3 or 4 days as I rebuild - and I can't afford that.
The upgrade from Tiger to Leopard didn't go well for me. Rather than fight it, I decided to use it as an opportunity to upgrade to a 160GB HD and loaded Leopard from scratch. I can't afford that kind of down time this time around.
So, I have questions:
1) Does the upgrade process "mess" with my boot camp partition? Assuming it doesn't, will I have to run some kind of upgrade script on my WinXP boot camp system to upgrade the boot camp utilities on the WinXP system?
I haven't read any horror stories about folks losing boot camp partitions - so I assume it's safe. But, I thought I'd ask.
2) Do I have to reinstall VMWare Fusion? Or, for that matter, any of the other apps I have loaded? I know there may be advantages to reloading certain apps - 32-bit vs. 64-bit - but: Do I HAVE to reload?
3) What's the best "pre-installation / pre-upgrade" preparation?
Backup your data?
Cross your fingers?
Image a new HD with the old HD before you upgrade?
I was actually thinking about this last one: Image a new disk from the original HD and upgrade using the new disk. That way, if everything goes south, I snap in the original disk and I'm ready to get back to work.
Yeah, yeah - I know: Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Spoken like a true hobbiest.
If something screws up, not only do I lose time, but I look like a loon - "Why not just use Vista like the rest of us?" is the typical refrain I get from around the office. I am my own Mac support group.
So, I don't want to end up with a big, smoking hole in my foot instead of a working machine when I try this upgrade.
In other words: I have time to prep for an upgrade - I don't have time to fix problems after a botched upgrade.
I could spend weeks getting ready, as long as the upgrade is complete and successful in a weekend.
Any comments?
MBP, 2GB RAM, 160GB HD. Running 10.5.8 - pretty reliable and up to date.
VMWare Fusion 2.0.6 (basically stable - upgraded last Friday),
Leopard version of boot camp (2.0 ?) with Windows XP (reliable, but still, Windows).
I bought the 10.6 upgrade on Saturday, and it occurs to me "If I lose my VMWare system, my boot camp machine as well as render my MBP unusable, I am well and truly f****d." Not so much the data, I've got all of that saved - but the time to get everything working again. I could be down for 3 or 4 days as I rebuild - and I can't afford that.
The upgrade from Tiger to Leopard didn't go well for me. Rather than fight it, I decided to use it as an opportunity to upgrade to a 160GB HD and loaded Leopard from scratch. I can't afford that kind of down time this time around.
So, I have questions:
1) Does the upgrade process "mess" with my boot camp partition? Assuming it doesn't, will I have to run some kind of upgrade script on my WinXP boot camp system to upgrade the boot camp utilities on the WinXP system?
I haven't read any horror stories about folks losing boot camp partitions - so I assume it's safe. But, I thought I'd ask.
2) Do I have to reinstall VMWare Fusion? Or, for that matter, any of the other apps I have loaded? I know there may be advantages to reloading certain apps - 32-bit vs. 64-bit - but: Do I HAVE to reload?
3) What's the best "pre-installation / pre-upgrade" preparation?
Backup your data?
Cross your fingers?
Image a new HD with the old HD before you upgrade?
I was actually thinking about this last one: Image a new disk from the original HD and upgrade using the new disk. That way, if everything goes south, I snap in the original disk and I'm ready to get back to work.
Yeah, yeah - I know: Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Spoken like a true hobbiest.
If something screws up, not only do I lose time, but I look like a loon - "Why not just use Vista like the rest of us?" is the typical refrain I get from around the office. I am my own Mac support group.
So, I don't want to end up with a big, smoking hole in my foot instead of a working machine when I try this upgrade.
In other words: I have time to prep for an upgrade - I don't have time to fix problems after a botched upgrade.
I could spend weeks getting ready, as long as the upgrade is complete and successful in a weekend.
Any comments?