Why FC-2?
Robert P. J. Day
rpjday at mindspring.com
Tue Mar 9 11:19:52 UTC 2004
On Mon, 8 Mar 2004, Alan Horn wrote:
> In my experience, a fresh reinstall is generally better than an upgrade.
>
> I prefer to :
>
> o backup data
> o wipe out OS
> o remake filesystems
> o install new system
> o apply local config and app management from central mgmt server
> o restore data
i've mentioned previously that my preference is to do a "fresh" install,
installing around my data-oriented filesystems like /home and /usr/local,
anything you want preserved, and reformatting and reinstalling all of the
others.
this has the advantages of getting the benefit of a fresh install while
preserving your data. on the down side, you don't get to resize those
filesystems, or switch to LVM from a non-LVM config.
also, you pretty much have to reconfigure everything from scratch, but if
you backed up /etc/somewhere, that's generally not too painful and
probably a good exercise, anyway, just to refresh your memory.
i once wrote a list of everything i did to make this happen, has anyone
else documented the steps involved in this sort of upgrade? just curious
if i should anything critical to my list.
rday
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