Trane Francks wrote: > On 11/12/13 2:25 PM +0900, Dennis wrote: >> Dennis wrote: >>> Trane Francks wrote: >>>> On 11/12/13 8:10 AM +0900, goodwin wrote: >>>>> On 11/11/2013 09:54 AM, HilsB wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> HilsB wrote: >>>>>>> Yes it does - if anything a little faster. >>>>>>> A few bits of advice - 1) backup everything 2)Close down all >>>>>>> programmes 3) allow a few hours. >>>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> academic question only - what does allowing a few hours do and where >>>>> does it do it? >>>>> >>>>> not a mac user nor SM... >>>>> >>>> Backing up your system and then doing an in-place upgrade will take "a >>>> few hours", same as with Windows or Linux. That is, if Linux has evolved >>>> enough to actually do in-place upgrades. (Not that I'd do one; I always >>>> do a clean install and then migrate my profile from the existing backup. >>>> That takes even longer.) >>>> >>> >>> If "in-place upgrade" is supposed to mean an OS upgrade like say from >>> OpenSuse 11.4 to 12.0 or 12.0 to 12.1, then yes, 'linux' has been able >>> to do that for years! OpenSuse calls it a distribution upgrade. And it >>> surely doesn't take a few hours!!! With a good cable internet connection >>> it only takes 45 min to an hour. Download the DVD and it only takes >>> about 15 min for the upgrade then another 15 minutes for misc packages >>> not on the DVD. A clean install is even faster, just backup then keep >>> the same /home directory! Absolutely painless! >>> >>> Dennis >>> >> >> make that "... 11.4 to 12.1 or 12.1 to 12.2 ..." >> >> Dennis >> > You summed it up nicely. It all depends on the broadband connection > speed. That said, it takes me several hours to migrate my profile into a > clean install. Fifteen minutes? Hah! Yeah, I don't think so. With a > 500GB profile, a migration takes several hours even with a gigabit > Ethernet connection. Fifteen minutes might be doable with a profile that > contains pretty much no data. >
I don't have to migrate anything after a clean install of the OS. I simply keep my /home directory and tell the new OS to use it as /home. /home is where all of my stuff is, separate from the OS. If anything 'goes bump in the night' it is minor and a quick fix of a pref setting. Dennis _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
