Hi Rodney and all --
Thanks for the quick response. I'm not aware of any "update" feature on
e-smith despite many readings of the manual.
As to the rest of your quiry, I have /home, /archive and even /usr
directories on other partitions or drives inorder to allow a reinstall
with minimal impact.
Woody
Rodney Mishima wrote:
>
> Woody,
>
> Is there an "upgrade" option for install that will preserve all your
> existing settings?
>
> This is a good question. If you install a new Linux distribution over an
> existing
> install from another vendor, how much of the existing settings(X-Window,
> Sound,
> Card, ethernet, home directory contents, et. al.) can be preserved?
>
> Rodney
>
