This sounds very interesting Chris. This could be the way around the "loss of VM data" during the install process and push the INSTALL over UPGRADE decission. Did you do the same with the whonix-gw too?
Aug 13, 2018, 2:48 AM by [email protected]: > On 08/12/2018 05:23 PM, Andrew David Wong wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA512 >> >> On 2018-08-12 14:26, 'awokd' via qubes-users wrote: >> >>> On Sun, August 12, 2018 6:16 pm, >>> [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>>>> wrote: >>> >>>> I am planning to move from my Whonix 13 to Whonix 14 on Qubes. My >>>> question is what way it should be easier, based on the Q user >>>> experiences. What would you propose - upgrade or re-install? Are >>>> there any known issues which would call for one or other way? >>>> >>> >>> Re-install is usually easier. >>> >>>> I have few VMs based on the Whonix template with data and >>>> settings on it. Will the contents of these VMs remain, or will >>>> it be destroyed - re-install vs upgrade? >>>> >>> >>> Contents should remain, just set them to the new Whonix template. >>> Make sure to back up everything first. >>> >> >> The installation guide [1] states: >> >> "Re-installation will destroy any existing user data stored in Whonix >> VMs, unless it is backed up first. To avoid this scenario, it is >> possible to upgrade Whonix 13 to 14 instead of following these >> instructions." >> >> This was puzzling to me, too, since TemplateVM upgrades usually don't >> affect user data in TemplateBasedVMs. Could you shed some light on >> this, Patrick? >> > > What I did: Cloned the old whonix-ws template, switched appvms to the clone, > then did 'dnf remove' on the old templates and finally performed the > recommended whonix install procedure. > > Later, I was able to switch existing whonix appVMs to whonix-ws-14. > > -- > > Chris Laprise, > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://github.com/tasket <https://github.com/tasket> > https://twitter.com/ttaskett <https://twitter.com/ttaskett> > PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB 4AB3 1DC4 D106 F07F 1886 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "qubes-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> . > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> . > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/4433888d-cbfe-8ea2-2143-1ba4a0dcae0e%40posteo.net > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/4433888d-cbfe-8ea2-2143-1ba4a0dcae0e%40posteo.net>> > . > For more options, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>> . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/LJmoob9--3-1%40tutanota.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
