YaST/RPM seems to do a good job saving files that you have made custom
changes too. I found that files that I had made a few custom changes to
would be renamed with a .rpmsave suffix added to them. I didn't lose
anything although I had to go back and add my custom tweaks back in
after my SuSE 6.0 upgrade was complete.
I had a few upgrade issues going from 5.3 to 6.0. My original posts
should be in the March 1999 suse-linux-e list archive which resides on
the SuSE website.
Michael Johnson wrote:
>
> On Tue, 13 Apr 1999, Lenz Grimmer wrote:
> > > I'm upgrading from SUSE 5.3 to 6.0 and was wondering how painless or
> > > painful this can be? Do I need to reformat my hard drives and start
> > > from scratch? Can I install ontop of 5.3? I'm a real newbie so any
> > > suggestions would be apreciated...
> >
> > Upgrading without reformatting should be possible. I did it on my personal
> > machine and it worked after some minor manual corrections. You mileage may
> > vary, though. Either way you should backup valuable files first!
>
> Well, ditto here. I upgraded almost everything with few problems. I did
> back up some files first just to be safe, and of course another
> consideration is files you have custom settings for you want to role over
> to the new installation. Put 'em somewhere safe.
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