8.0 to 8.2....should I update or do fresh install??
I started using Suse with version 8.0 so I've never done an upgrade. I've upgraded KDE a couple weeks ago to the latest version 3.1.1.xx and I've got dependency problems with some KDE applications when I try to update. I don't mind doing a fresh install but don't want to lose anything...and don't get me started on backups. What's the difference between an installation and update? I looked into doing an installation and found that I still had dependency problems. I don't mind dumping all of my current KDE and going to the version on the CDs, but how would I do that? Can I do a fresh install and keep my network connections, shortcuts, etc? Thanks for helping an idiot. Tom --- Tom Nielsen Neuro Logic Systems, Inc. 805.389.5435 x18 www.neuro-logic.com
Tom Nielsen wrote:
What's the difference between an installation and update? An installation replaces everything. An update keeps all user files and attempts to keep all configuration setttings. I presume updates work best when you haven't installed your own versions of software. I looked into doing an installation and found that I still had dependency problems. I don't mind dumping all of my current KDE and going to the version on the CDs, but how would I do that?
Can I do a fresh install and keep my network connections, shortcuts, etc? No and yes. A fresh install will remove all your network connections, etc.; so you will lose them. But, you can back up /etc and /home to CD and save most of these. I used # tar zxcf /tmp/home.tar.gz /home etc., and then wrote to CD for the 8.0 to 8.2 upgrade. It took about 1/2 hour to configure 8.2, using the settings on the CD as a guide. I copied back many of my old settings from /home and all my old files to 8.2.
I once tried an update, but couldn't get it to work. I found this easier.
Thanks for helping an idiot. Idiots don't ask questions.
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Tom Nielsen wrote:
I started using Suse with version 8.0 so I've never done an upgrade.
I use the occasion of a new SuSE version to clean up the mess I did while using the system and experimenting stuff. An update is definitely going to make more mess. OTOH, a fresh install gives you a clean slate (to start messing again). -- Linux/Unix Systems Engineer http://www.genesys.ro Phone +40723-267961
Tom Nielsen wrote:
I started using Suse with version 8.0 so I've never done an upgrade.
I use the occasion of a new SuSE version to clean up the mess I did while using the system and experimenting stuff. An update is definitely going to make more mess.
OTOH, a fresh install gives you a clean slate (to start messing again). FWIW: I almost always do a fresh install regardless of the operating system. If you set your system up such that your /home, /usr/local are separate file systems from the root file system, then you can more easily do a clean install. When I put on a new version of Linux, I install to an empty partition. Once the new system is tested, I boot the emergency system, and copy the new/tested system to the old root
On Mon, 21 Apr 2003 16:18:12 +0300
Silviu Marin-Caea
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Jerry Feldman
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John Lamb
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Silviu Marin-Caea
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Tom Nielsen