-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 03 June 2003 10:13 am, Brian V Bonini wrote: > On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 13:59, charlie wrote: > > On Mon, 2 Jun 2003 04:39 pm, Brian V Bonini sent this :- > > > > > About to attempt an upgrade from 9.0 to 9.1 > > > > > > Any issues I should be aware of, any suggestions, experiences (good or > > > bad).... > > > > Clean install, don't upgrade. If your home is on another partition it > > will all just come together like a dream, and most things will be setup > > the way you left them anyway. > > /home is on it's own partition.. > And then just re-install whatever additional software I've added to the > system?? That could work, a little more work then I was hoping for but > if it will increase my chances of success...
- From this point forward, ALWAYS create a separate partition for /usr/local/. This way, a lot of your software wont get trashed nor need reinstalling if/when you upgrade. Go ahead and wipe /, /usr, etc, but leave /usr/local alone (this, of course, applies to /home too). You will need to manually enter /usr/local during setup during install when you are setting up partitions as it is not one of the selectable choices in the drop-down menu. Just type in "/usr/local" and go from there. I always do this and don't regret it. I have specialty software and games added that I don't want to have to reinstall so I leave them alone in /usr/local. As others have mentioned, but I will emphasize, do NOT do an upgrade, do a clean, full install. An upgrade ALWAYS takes forever and invariably leads to problems and more problems. Skip the problems and get up and running faster by doing an new install (every time you upgrade). praedor - -- I'm jealous of the Iraqis. I wish someone would "liberate" the United States of America from its unelected dictator - --Marc Perkel -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+3MKbaKr9sJYeTxgRArj/AKCWn+78Z9qjQC/KL8bRZ2LK5HwBSgCfdcqc SOJWvNt4Wwh7Qhth8uiRysQ= =/s9F -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
