Re: [SLE] 7.2 -> 8 update problem
I'd like this too. I'm really hesitant to ask almost the same quetion in a different way but I'm still a bit confused. I copied over the /etc and /home directories to another machine. I switched hard drives and did a clean install of 8. By the way it was way smopoth, and am I crazy or are K apps like Konqueror running and loading faster now over 7.2? Anyway, in order to restore things to a semblance of what they are, such as my network settings, I suppose I just need to make sure the new config files say essentially what the old ones did about hosts and what not. If I just install my /home/userX/ directory, should that simply reinstall all programs I had installed as that user? Or is there ANOTHER directory (something about /share pops to mind) I need to mirror as well? And am I copying those directories wholesale or just specific files within them? Sorry if this is vague; I'll try to be more clear if someone could let me know HOW I can be more helpful to the list in understanding what I'm trying to do. best, nick At 04:18 PM 5/1/2002 +0000, you wrote:
On Monday 29 April 2002 17:45, Thomas E. Beasley, Jr. wrote:
Hi,
I was looking forward to 8.0. However, the need to do a clean install as apposed to doing an upgrade has caused me to look forward to 8.1 or 8.2. I have too many files to wipe it all away and start over. So, I'll stick with 7.2 pro until it's possible to upgrade rather than clean install.
I am in the same dilema. I did a clean install on a couple of desktops and the install went flawlessly, but my two main machines have too many 'custom' software and configurations to really wipe clean and start again. My main worry is that if 8.1+ still doesn not work on the upgrade it will be harder to do a clean install and get things up and running again.
It would help if there was an app that created a list of all software and config files that were not part of the current installed version of SuSE so you have at least a detailed 'todo' list.
Phil
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 01 May 2002 11:08, Nick Selby wrote:
I switched hard drives and did a clean install of 8. By the way it was way smopoth, and am I crazy or are K apps like Konqueror running and loading faster now over 7.2?
I think so. Smoother anyway.
Anyway, in order to restore things to a semblance of what they are, such as my network settings, I suppose I just need to make sure the new config files say essentially what the old ones did about hosts and what not.
If I just install my /home/userX/ directory, should that simply reinstall all programs I had installed as that user? Or is there ANOTHER directory (something about /share pops to mind) I need to mirror as well? And am I copying those directories wholesale or just specific files within them?
Linux used to be available simply as a kernel. If you needed an app you had to either write it, or compile it from another distro's source. Now, these packagers like Suse have made a whole infrastructure, with built-in apps, which is very nice. But there's a tremendous amount of complexity under the skirts. If you copy over your /home/user* dirs, it will break spectacularly. I always first do full configuration using Yast, KControl, etc, then hand-tweak config files like Susefirewall2, Squid &c. Gotta do it the LONG way, or die. This is my best answer. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE80BVnnQ18+PFcZJsRAmPiAJ0Q+GjlKxs/dJkQLLnG6TzTYGJE2wCeMEPw psXYF6rkbPJxhjiNJLT6Hlc= =F00C -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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