Re: Upgrading, was Re: Recommendations for a AMD64 Jessie xfce/kde cd

[Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>]

David Wright wrote:
> Quoting Ric Moore (wayward4now@gmail.com):
> > [...]
> > To recommend this [upgrading] to a new user, might not be a good
> > idea. I've been at it since the days of Slackware install via a pile
> > of floppies. As noted previously, there will be a proper upgrade
> > installer released when Jessie is officially stable. That would be
> > far better.
>
> Now this might be a slip of the pen, but what is the "proper upgrade
> installer"? Is it different from apt-get dist-upgrade?
> [*snip*]
>
> I've upgraded all my machines to jessie or sid (one from squeeze, via
> wheezy of course), except for my "server", the one that archives
> everything. I find it helps to have two root partitions, one
> containing the previous distribution as a fallback. It means you can
> jog your memory as to how things were done before, and acts as a
> backup of your old configuration.
> [snip]

Is your definition of "two root partitions" the same as mine?
I'm new to *nix and have a have a physical machine set aside for 
"sink or swim" educational experiences.
I use expert install and manual partitioning such that:
   first install would be to sda1 with swap on sda6
   second install would be to sda2 with swap on sda6
   etc etc
This gives be multiple independent installs selectable from grub 
menu.
[When I run out of space, reformat and repeat.]
Not suitable for all, but it matches my learning style - 
retirement has advantages :)