-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ray Madigan wrote:
I had a machine hard drive go south so I upgraded that machine to opensuse 11. I have other machines in my lab and I want to upgrade them from 9.1 to 11.0. I have tried to find some information in the documentation, but I couldn't find a thread. My highest priority is to have smooth running machines.
Is it better to start from a bare hard drive and reinstall everything or to upgrade the current installation if this is even possible?
Will it keep all/some of my applications/settings?
If the answer is written somewhere point me near it and I will ferret out the answer myself. I appreciate your help.
If you have a standard lab config for all of the machines and the hardware is reasonably similar on those machines I would look at. a) creating a new clean config and test it thoroughly... b) cloning it c) rolling the clone out to the other machines... If there are differences, identify what is common to all, identify the differences on each machine then clone the common component, and apply differences as appropriate. This may save a lot of grief in the long run. You could also use this as an opportunity to standardise a few things if you have not done so already.. Of course backup everything in sight (in at least twice in different ways :-) ). A loooong time ago I got caught when after backing up and zapping a machine only to find the backup was toast... Never again!... Its all in the preparation ... :-) - -- ============================================================================== I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone. Bjarne Stroustrup ============================================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkjkk3kACgkQasN0sSnLmgJiswCgvKyTAKnV1zwUZ+KdsAIauttS mYEAniUZXYsDEeMRnR+1bc7mmlJhbkxk =DQut -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org