8.2 to 9.0 is the first one that's gone easily for me. Good luck! Jack On Fri, 2002-11-08 at 10:41, Albert E. Whale wrote: > Thanks Jack, I already have the filesystems broken appart, I'll give it yet > another College Try. I've never gotten this to work, from version 6.0 to > date. Hopefully I'll be pleasantly surprised! > > Jack Coates wrote: > > > On Fri, 2002-11-08 at 06:11, Albert E. Whale wrote: > > > I am ready to upgrade my LM 8.2 with the New LM 9.0 Pro Suite. > > > > > > In the Past my attempts to perform a 'traditional' upgrade have always > > > ended in disaster. > > > > > > While I have the New Installation, and Patch the files with the correct > > > configuration information, process down cold by now, it would save a > > > Great Deal of Time running a true upgrade of the Server. > > > > > > Has this Process Matured enough to be trusted yet? > > > > > > > Worked for me. Might work for you. The key is to backup /etc and /var, > > keep /home and /usr/local (or /opt if you swing that way) on their own > > partitions, and put everything that you install from source into > > /usr/local (or /opt if you swing that way). If you've accepted past > > default partition schemes, /usr might be a partition of its own > > containing /usr/local, in which case you back up /usr/local too. All > > backups should be done in a way that preserves ownership, man tar or > > look into rsync (works nicely on localhost too). > > > > Run the upgrade, make sure that /home and /usr/local don't get > > formatted, click okay on everything and create the minimum accounts. > > Boot with linux single and restore /etc/passwd*, group*, gshadow*, and > > shadow*, then step through the rest of /etc file by file and look for > > other stuff that needs to be restored or modified. Do the same with > > /var. Restore /usr/local (or /opt). telinit 3 or 5 per your preference > > and you should be good to go. > > > > > -- > > > Albert E. Whale - CISSP > > > http://www.abs-comptech.com > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ABS Computer Technology, Inc. - ESM, Computer & Networking Specialists > > > Sr. Security, Network, and Systems Consultant > > > Board of Directors - InfraGard - Pittsburgh, PA > > > > > > > > > > > > ---- > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > -- > > Jack Coates > > Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > -- > Albert E. Whale - CISSP > http://www.abs-comptech.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ABS Computer Technology, Inc. - ESM, Computer & Networking Specialists > Sr. Security, Network, and Systems Consultant > Board of Directors - InfraGard - Pittsburgh, PA > > > > ---- >
> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
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