On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, GuiYong Zhu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:- >Hi all: > >I am using SuSE 10.0, and I want to upgrade to 10.1, need I reinstall the >system?
You don't need to, but it may be advisable. The cleanest method is to back up anything you want to keep and then do a wipe and fresh install. It is possible to do an upgrade over the top of 10.0 but, even though it should be fine, there is the possibility of some unexpected problems. Even if it does go well, you're likely to end up with some files left over from the previous install that are unused and just take up space. How I would do things depends on whether I'd previously done an upgrade rather than fresh install. If I was upgrading a fresh install, I'd do a back up first and then try the upgrade. If everything works out find, all well and good. On the other hand, if the system ends up being broken, you've got the backup and do a fresh install. If I had already upgraded previously without a fresh install, I'd back up /etc and a few other places and then do a fresh install, reformatting the partitions to ensure a clean install. Then I'd go through and reconfigure everything to match my previous settings. Regards, David Bolt -- Member of Team Acorn checking nodes at 50 Mnodes/s: http://www.distributed.net/ AMD1800 1Gb WinXP/SUSE 9.3 | AMD2400 256Mb SuSE 9.0 | A3010 4Mb RISCOS 3.11 AMD2400(32) 768Mb SUSE 10.0 | Falcon 14Mb TOS 4.02 | A4000 4Mb RISCOS 3.11 AMD2600(64) 512Mb SUSE 10.0 | | RPC600 129Mb RISCOS 3.6 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
