Hello Lists,
Would like suggestions for server upgrade. Currently have SuSE 7.2
on a dedicated Celeron 466, 256 MB, 40 GB HDD drive partitioned
into:
/ - 19.5 G
/homes - 5 G
/public - 15 G
/swap - 500 MB
I am wanting to upgrade to SuSE 7.3 keeping the 40G drive and
adding a 30G drive I have lying around. These are IDE/ATAPI drives.
It is easy to preserver the /public and /swap as I plan to do a from
scratch of 7.3 Pro. My dilemma is that I have mysql running impor-
tant database files under /var/lib/mysql/iboms that I need to preserve
and keep permissions. This is also a samba server for several users.
Some of these are windows users and need to be kept after upgrade.
This is a home net, but the database app using mysql is sorta mission
critical. My backup solution will be a newly installed Bru PE 17.0.
Prior to this I had used Perfect Backup 6.2 (had 7.0 but it got flaky)
Any suggestions on partitioning, preserving file permissions, making
sure I don't hose my mysql files and how others would backup and
pursue this task are greatly appreciated. I have used linux now for
about 2 yrs, I am a physician by training and not a trained computer
professional, but feel fairly comfortable with hardware/software/linux.
Regards,
Keith B.
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