Re: Upgrade Fedora Core 3 to Fedora Core 5 Help please

noi <noi@xxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:SZkhg.18355$VE1.4632@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

Hello noi,

I have 2 machines, single user. Weekly, I run a find-tar script that
makes a tar.gz of all the .cnf, .conf, .rc, fstab, hosts, .old and
other files I can remember onto ~/archive/ . It also backs up
.thunderbird

Oh, could I see your scripts, please?

Pre-install I made a 1 or 2 huge tar.gz of /home and other special
folders including hidden files and save them to the other PC. I do a
clean install and work it until I like the install, clean install
wipes out multiple folders vs an upgrade. Then I open the archives
and restore the files.

Bitchin' idea!

This causes a reinstall of a few packages, mplayer, xmms-mp3, dovecot,
lm-sensors and some additional YUM repositories but I think it's
cleaner. All my data is restored and I don't miss much. I diff the
config files and apply changes or overlay as necessary.

This is great stuff.

Some Nvidia work and my ATI x800 pro on FC5 works but I had to make
manual changes to xorg.conf and system-config-display freezes the pc,
Kudzu and Firstboot don't work on that system.

Have not had that problem so far.

Consider upgrading to a DVD-RW for DVD burning and use in system
backups using DVDRWs,

Oh dude, this is like the best new idea I have heard in a long time. I have
two DVD-RW drives in my main gaming/everything else computer and I could
put one of them in the Linux server and just put the CD-RW in my main rig.
Would not cost anything and that really might be the way to go. What an
idea! Thanks buddy.

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