Old small nit with anaconda

g geleem at bellsouth.net
Tue May 20 20:32:19 UTC 2008


On Tue, 2008-05-20 at 19:18 +0000, Beartooth Sciurivore wrote:
> 	With F9, as with the last couple of previous releases (but, iirc, 
> not way back), if I tell it to upgrade an existing install, that's the 
> last thing it asks me. I get no chance to tinker with anything else that 
> may be installed -- for instance by deep-sixing it in favor of Fedora.
> 
> 	It happens that I've wanted to do exactly that, more than once, 

i have wanted to do it more than once, but it was not an install.


> 	If, when the upgrade finishes, I use gparted or qtparted to wipe 
> off the other installed OSs -- say by simply deleting the partitions 
> they're on -- will it then be a simple matter to expand F9 onto the whole 
> hard drive??

if you wish to trust q and qt, do not. backup upgrade before you start.

> 	Or am I going to stub my nose and chin smack against umpteen 
> gotchas if I try that??

just be *100% sure* that your backup is good. compare before you dare.
after is advisable also.


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tc,hago.

g
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