On Mon, 2003-06-02 at 09:39, Brian V Bonini wrote: > About to attempt an upgrade from 9.0 to 9.1 > > Any issues I should be aware of, any suggestions, experiences (good or > bad).... > >
Here's how I do Mandrake upgrades these days: mount -t iso9660 -o loop Mandrake-9.1-cd1-inst.iso /mnt/91-1 mount -t iso9660 -o loop Mandrake-9.1-cd2-extras.iso /mnt/91-2 mount -t iso9660 -o loop Mandrake-9.1-cd1-intl.iso /mnt/91-3 cp /mnt/91-1/Mandrake/RPMS/* /RPMS cp /mnt/91-1/Mandrake/RPMS2/* /RPMS cp /mnt/91-1/Mandrake/RPMS3/* /RPMS umount /mnt/91-1 umount /mnt/91-2 umount /mnt/91-3 urpmi.addmedia -f 91 file:///RPMS/ DrakConf Then deactivate the 9.0-related contrib, updates, Texstar, PLF, etc. The only active source should be 91. Then go to rpmdrake and start upgrading in chunks, getting more aggressive about size of chunk as you go. Upgrade mandrake-release, the kernel and XFree86 first. Then upgrade KDE. Then Mozilla, GNOME, OpenOffice. Then server apps. If glibc and gcc and the devel libraries have made it through without upgrading, upgrade them. Then anything that's left. It will walk you through some very nice config file diff wizards and let you decide what to do. Finally, cross your fingers and reboot. If it all comes up okay, define an updates_source and do your updates. Now, login as root and move your /home/username directory to /home/username-backup, then make a new empty /home/username directory and login as username, then move important non-KDE or GNOME stuff back. This is to clean out old cruft and to reset your font config, as every upgrade I've done has cruddy fonts until this is done. -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... http://www.monkeynoodle.org/resume.html
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