Re: [SLE] Upgrade vs. fresh install [WAS: SuSE 9.0]

From: C. Richard Matson (goldfarm_at_ranch-farm.com)
Date: 01/21/04

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    I've found that by keeping my home directory in a separate partition I retain
    most of my settings, if not all. I also keep a list of what everything I
    have installed. So far it's working better to do the reinstall. I reformat my
    root and boot partitions. Rich

    On Tue January 20 2004 10:45 am, Paul W. Abrahams wrote:
    > On Tuesday 20 January 2004 2:30 am, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote:
    > > I have seen repeatedly on this list the errors reported by people who
    > > try and upgrade to a new version as opposed to installing from scratch.
    > > A friend of mine tried the same idea to upgrade from 8.1 to 9.0 and it
    > > took her about a week to realise I was right and that she should have
    > > done a clean install of the new version as opposed to trying to upgrade
    > > from an older version. DO NOT try and update to a newer version, rather
    > > do a clean install of the new version.
    > >
    > > My advice is therefore to leave your existing partitions as they are and
    > > do a clean install of the new version. During the install you will have
    > > opportunity to format the partitions.
    >
    > Safer, yes. But it means losing all your customizations and possibly a lot
    > of data. I suppose it's possible to keep the non-dot files from your
    > previous home directory, but even retaining your old email can be difficult
    > (depending on the mailer, I suppose). And if you have any licensed
    > software around, porting that across the reinstallation is particularly
    > vexing.
    >
    > My experience is that upgrading by one or two versions can be gotten to
    > work, though sometimes with headaches, but upgrading by more than that (say
    > from 7.x to 9.0) probably won't work.
    >
    > Paul Abrahams 

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