On Tuesday 03 May 2005 16:03, Alvin Beach wrote:
On May 3, 2005 11:04 am, Fred A. Miller wrote:
On Tuesday 03 May 2005 3:03 am, Adrian Gygax wrote:
I'm also running 9.3 with all the latest patches and I do not have any of the problems mentioned below. I would even say, to me, 9.3 is more stable than 9.2
'Have to agree.......no "breakage" here on this box nor others.
Fred
-- The only bug free software from MickySoft is still shrink-wrapped in their warehouse..."
I have just ordered 9.3 myself. I'm curious, do you guys recommend I perform an upgrade or a fresh install? I am running 9.1 pro.
Thanks,
Alvin
Hi Alvin, I tried the following: - update 7.0->8.2 and fresh install 8.2 - update 8.2->9.1 and fresh install 9.1 - update 9.1->9.2 (ftp) Speaking from that experience, my personal opinion is that a fresh install works better (I'm still hunting some rough edges from the 9.1->9.2). The advantages for me is that it also removes a lot of garbage and the whole system works more smoothly. Having said that, here are the buts: - I used 'custom install' option, which might sound terrifying, but you are guided pretty nicely through the process - If you do customise your package selection instead of accepting one of the default selections, it might be more work - All the 'personal data' which have nothing to do with the system are on separate partitions in my set-up, so I just used the old partitioning and formatted the partitions with the mount points root, /opt and /usr , leaving all personal data untouched. Since the installation went flawlessly I was ready to go immediately with all my personal data at hand. Whatever you do, do a backup in case something goes wrong (at least of your home directories and anything in the /data or /usr/local directories if you have those. You should also check at least the back-up option for /etc system configuration files during the Yast installation/update. Cheers gl -- Günter Lichtenberg ========>mailto:lichten@sron.nl SRON (EOS) Sorbonnelaan 2 3584 CA UTRECHT the Netherlands Tel.: +31 30 253 5719 FAX : +31 30 254 0860