> The only thing you should be trying to save are data containing > directories -- /home and maybe some other "special" directories, like my > /u1 example here. A possible exception to his might be /var; I could > see you may have websites or mail and didn't think far enough ahead to > put those in their own partition, but you will have a bit of a clean-up > job to do there, as things like the pkg database live there, restoring > that over a machine with a different package collection installed is > annoying. > > AFTER your first boot, edit /etc/fstab to put back your other > partitions. AFTER install. > > That should be non-eventful, but you should practice on a non-critical > system. >
Nick, Ok, seriously some parts of this discussion should be incorporated in the FAQ. I will look into this again and again from a newbie's eye (I am not that far off from a newbie anyway) and see if I can give some feedback. I have another idea on how to improve the upgrade process further but first I will do some due diligence. Right now, I blew all my system partitions just to test (all /usr/src etc.. is saved, so no download of all those) and re-assembled the softraid mirror. Good time to practice before you really need it..... Thanks
