Re: [SLE] 8.2 to 9.0?

From: Donald Henson (wepin_at_wepin.com)
Date: 10/26/03

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Date: 26 Oct 2003 06:39:52 -0700

    On Sat, 2003-10-25 at 22:07, Joe Morris (NTM) wrote:

    > 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. ;-)
    >

    As I understanf it, a "fresh" install replaces virtually everything but
    leaves the /home directories alone so that your data is saved. Is that a
    correct assumption?

    Don Henson

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