Upgrading to FC2
Adam Williams
awilliam at mdah.state.ms.us
Wed May 19 14:00:36 UTC 2004
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?
>
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