Re: Choosing an approach to Fedora upgrades.

[Jon Savage <jonathansavage gmail com>]

On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 20:32:54 +1000, CB <fedoralist crispin cb-ss net> wrote:
> What approaches do people here use for upgrading Fedora installations?
> I'm assuming that one wants to upgrade, even if only for curiosity.
> 
> The options seem to be (all assuming /home to be a separate filesystem
> which will be appropriately mounted after the upgrade):
> 
I've used several different approaches (all of which assume the data
has been backed up)
1. Simply upgrade when newer versio becomes available
****Takes more time than a fresh install & seems to require lots of
tweaking post install
2.Keep /home on its own partition, install the newer OS from scratch
leaving /home intact.
****This was until recently my preferred option,  may require a few
tweaks especially if transitioning from selinux disabled to selinux
enabled.
3. Just do a fresh install, and selectively restore files you want to
retain to the appropriate location.
****I just move my 'working files', DBs etc. to the new system. I also
keep a text file that documents things like my WAP/WEP stuff, any
required tweakage by app etc. This really works well for me.


-- 
Bests,
Jon
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