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RE: [PLUG] update strategies/partition issue
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Title: RE: [PLUG] update strategies/partition issue
Generally, when RH sees it has a former self on install it
asks if you want to upgrade or install (fresh). If you pick
upgrade, it will just upgrade the kernel and any drivers I
believe you are using.
I upgraded 7.3 to 8.0 without a problem
then upgraded from 8.0 to FC1, but a USB network adapter didn't work.
But then I did a fresh install of FC1 and it worked fine, so something
didn't take on the second upgrade.
I'd do:
1. Make a full backup.
2. try the upgrade route first, if it doesn't do it right you
can.
a. restore, and go back to 7.3
b. do a fresh install, then restore off your backup selective directories.
George
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Art Alexion [mailto:art.alexion@verizon.net]
>Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2004 2:58 PM
>To: Philly Linux Users Group
>Subject: [PLUG] update strategies/partition issue
>
>
>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.?
>
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