Re: Upgrading to FC2

[Adam Williams <awilliam mdah state ms us>]

no, you won't loose your settings.  most files will not be overwritten, 
and instead you will have a file.rpmnew you can copy over your custom 
file.  in the event that it does write over a file for required version 
changes, your old file is saved as file.rpmsave

Dylan Parry wrote:

> I am currently using FC1 and am downloading the ISOs for FC2 as I 
> type!  Every time I have upgraded my OS (RH7.3 > RH8.0 > RH9 > FC1) I 
> have  performed a clean install, but this time I cannot risk losing 
> all my  settings etc. So my question is, if I perform an upgrade 
> rather than a  clean install will I lose all the settings and things I 
> have spent so long  making?
>
> In particular will my XF86Config file be overwritten and will any 
> programs  I have installed that are not part of FC be lost during the 
> process?