That really depends what package software was used to install. RPM based installs will upgrade quite well if another RPM based distro is used. Same applies to apt etc. Crossing over from one package manager to another has proved to be problematic for me in the past.
Nevertheless, if you have all of your stuff under /home/whatever and you do not reformat/repartition, that data will still be there On Fri, 2004-05-28 at 16:44, Philip Serracino Inglott wrote: > How hard is it to switch distro without loosing anything, including most > settings? > I hope you do not heed to wipe your hd for that. > > I remember switching from kernel 1.3 to kernel 2.0 was tough but that > was eons ago. > even going from debian stable to unstable (without a reboot) was insane ... > I ended up rebooting anyway then. > > Philip > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > MLUG-list@linux.org.mt > http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list Andrew Cilia B.Sc. MCSE ICSE RHCT Software Engineer ___________________________________ Philip Toledo Limited Computer & Communications Solutions Notabile Road, Mriehel BKR01, Malta Telephone: +356 21445566 Mobile: +356 99430588 Fax: +356 21484316 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SIP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CallUK: +448703403757 Web Site: http://www.ptl.com.mt
