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
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----
> > >
> >
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> > --
> > Jack Coates
> > Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
> >
> >   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> --
> 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
> 
> 
> 
> ----
> 

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