Chris, which guide did you follow when installing the new whonix 14 Template as a "recommended whonix install procedure"? I found these two.
http://dds6qkxpwdeubwucdiaord2xgbbeyds25rbsgr73tbfpqpt4a6vjwsyd.onion/wiki/Qubes/Install# <http://dds6qkxpwdeubwucdiaord2xgbbeyds25rbsgr73tbfpqpt4a6vjwsyd.onion/wiki/Qubes/Install#> https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/reinstall-template/ <https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/reinstall-template/> Thanks Aug 13, 2018, 2:48 AM by tas...@posteo.net: > 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, >>> qubes-...@tutanota.com >>> <mailto:qubes-...@tutanota.com>>>> 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, > tas...@posteo.net <mailto:tas...@posteo.net> > 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 > qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>> . > To post to this group, send email to > qubes-users@googlegroups.com > <mailto:qubes-users@googlegroups.com>> . > 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 qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/LJn2jxP--3-1%40tutanota.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
