Jon Hardcastle ha scritto: > Hi all, > > I have a gentoo circa 2008 install that i have pretty much the bare minimal > to keep up to date... i now have the problem that i need to upgrade mdadm, > lvm and probably a few other bits and pieces. This machine is used almost > exclusively as a windows file server. > > I am getting blocks all over the show and lots of applications needs > reinstalling/upgradining on a emerge world. i have also had problems getting > the kernel to do what it needs to do a i installed the minimal when i > started.. > > So i am wondering... it is easier to try and upgrade it, or as i have 2 raid > 1 drives as the operating system drives and the rest of the drives are pure > data, i can disconnect one and wipe the other reinstall from fresh as a > degraded raid 1 and when i know we are good to go, wipe the disconnected > drive and add to the array to resync and go from there?
Well, I am updating my desktop system which was in pretty the same conditions (kernel, xorg, etc. being stuck since beginning of 2008) and I must say that, while long and not without bumps, the upgrade has been not as bad as I thought. Expect to use a week of your time, however -I still haven't finished even if most critical stuff (kernel, xorg, new kde) is more or less in place. Reinstalling maybe is cleaner, but I am unsure it will take less time, unless you carefully copy your /etc and your user configuration files, and then you remember why you did what, etc. when putting them back. m. > > ----------------------- > N: Jon Hardcastle > E: [email protected] > 'Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own.' > > *********** > Please note, I am phasing out jd_hardcastle AT yahoo.com and replacing it > with jon AT eHardcastle.com > *********** > > ----------------------- > > > > >
