Re: [PLUG] update strategies/partition issue

[Paul <gyoza@comcast.net>]

Art Alexion wrote:

> I have been using RH 7.3.  It' s been stable and fine but is starting 
> to show its age vis-a-vie stuff I' d like to try but can't without a 
> newer distro.  (Newest frustration is installing gnucash; can't 
> install newest and distro version fails dependencies because the 
> dependencies are newer than it expects.)
>
> I have Mandrake 9.1, Slackware 9.1, Suse 9 (a live eval CD; don't know 
> whether it will install to the HD), but want to try the hardware 
> optimized version of Gentoo (need to download).
>
> I have never updated the same machine with a new distro (only fresh 
> installs).  I only have 3 partitions: /, /boot and /swap.  Is there 
> anyway to update without loosing home directories, /opt stuff, etc.?
First, back-up everything or grab a new harddrive.  If you want to 
upgrade RedHat 7.3 you might want to stick with the RedHat X.X series.  
How about trying RedHat 9.0?

I don't know if Fedora would work well over RedHat 7.1.

Hey, how about Whitebox or CentOS?

In any case, switching to something non-RedHat would require a fresh 
install.
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