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On Tuesday 09 October 2001 19:44 pm, Gregory Ade wrote:
I think I already know what the answer is, but because my manager is being pushy, what is the recommended way to upgrade?
Given an existing SuSE 6.4 system with a reasonable amount of non-rpm software packages installed and a fair amount of post-installation customization, would it be simpler (in the long run) to stick in my 7.2 cd and let it do an upgrade, or do a fresh install and repeat the work from scratch?
Personally, I'm thinking the latter, mainly because a great many things changed from 6.4->7.2, and we've got a lot of other stuff tucked in around it...
The latter: 1) You can take good notes about things added/changed. 2) You'll get rid of a lot of dead wood. 3) Any extra time spent re-doing the changes would override time spent trying to find/fix the bugs in an upgrade. 4) You always learn something from an install.
What's the general consensus?
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