On Wed, 25 May 2005 10:27:14 -0400 "Budd, Tracy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Did I miss anything? > Here is what I did when I did the upgrade - - Boot LiveCD - mount the partitions - cd /mnt/gentoo - move etc/fstab, etc/conf.d/net, etc/passwd, etc/group, and others as appropriate - etc/X11/xorg.conf to /home/username/Sys_rebuild - move /usr/portage/distfiles /home/distfiles - move anything else you might want a copy of - USE flags in /etc/make.conf, mirrors,etc. - Then delete directories - bin, sbin, lib, sys, etc, opt. - cd boot and delete just the kernel, system maps, initrd files. - cd usr and delete all but local, as I had some local items installed that had data. - Download and install the Stage 1 or Stage 3 tarball - Download an install the portage snapshot - mv home/distfiles to usr/portage - Follow the handbook to build the system from Stage 1 or Stage 3. - Move the saved /etc/files back into place after the emerge system completes. Bob -- - -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list