On Sun, 2005-02-20 at 14:15 +0100, Lothar Joeckel wrote: > Matt Bottrell wrote: > > On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 02:05:39 -0700, Michael Best <mbest at 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. ;) > > > > > > Can agree totally. I've made the same experience over the years. > 'Upgrading' is mostly a vaste of expensive time! > > Lothar Joeckel > LinWave Consulting > _______________________________________________ I agree, and so does the documentation: http://beta.centos.org/centos/4.0beta/docs/html/rhel-ig-x8664-multi-en-4/ap-upgrade.html I think a fresh install is much easier and cleaner. -- Johnny Hughes <http://www.HughesJR.com/>