On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 02:05:39 -0700, Michael Best mbest@pendragon.org wrote:
This was my experience with upgrading, your mileage may vary especially if it's in kilometers. This is what I had to do to get my system running again.
I'm constantly surprised how many people wish to 'upgrade'.
Historically I've been updating my Linux distro when Redhat still was shipped in nappies. I've learnt pretty early on the following:
1. Never trust an OS upgrader... it always is like a dog with diarrhea running through your house. :( 2. Keep seperated partitions... /home /usr/local and normally the ones you wish to keep... (I also backup the entire /etc directory) 3. Ensure you have working backups... well of at least the stuff you MUST get back. 4. Choose to install fresh (not upgrade), and format the existing partitions /, /usr, /tmp and /var.... whilst you probably wish to keep /usr/local and /home. 5. Recover anything you need (such as /etc based files).
You'll be up and running much faster... without the mess. ;)