Re: [SLE] 8.2 to 9.0?

From: Joe Morris (NTM) (Joe_Morris_at_ntm.org)
Date: 10/26/03

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    On 10/26/2003 10:18 AM, Mike wrote:

    >Is there any "conventional wisdom" regarding upgrades of installed systems
    >from 8.2 to 9.0? Better to wipe and start again, or does the upgrade process
    >work well?
    >
    I have done 2 upgrades, the first was 7.3 to 8.0 here at home, and it
    weny very well. The second was just last weekend, 8.0 to 8.2 on the
    server at work. I went very carefully on this one, as it has been
    upgraded a lot, was running a lot of services, running software RAID 1,
    several users, etc. Trying to make sure I didn't make any careless
    errors, reading things very carefully, and it also worked very well. It
    dealt with some third party packages, etc., allowing me quite a bit of
    control in the process, and even left my kernel alone (since I had
    already installed the latest 8.2 kernel while it was still 8.0). It was
    quite a bit of work, but much less than it would have been to get back
    to where it was with 8.0. I wouldn't hesitate to do an upgrade again,
    but only if the amount of configuring would make it worth it. A fresh
    install is very nice to 'clean up the system', but the time it takes to
    tweak a lot of new programs made the upgrade for me a time-saver, and I
    am very pleased with the results. YMMV. I have NO experience with 9.0
    yet. ;-) 

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