At 1:32 PM +0100 7/16/05, Timothy Murphy wrote: >Guy Fraser wrote: > >>> Also consider the possibility that it might make more sense >>> to keep /home on a separate partition, and leave this alone even if >>> installing. > >> That can and does cause problems as well. >> >> Using old configuration files can and does cause lots of >> problems when the software that uses them is updated, that >> includes to user level config files in the home directories. >> >> Unless the update process has a way of updating all the configuration >> files under /home it is better to tar it up and store it >> somewhere. You can restore it in an alternate location and >> move the files that don't exist after the upgrade then use diff >> to determine what needs to changed in with the files that are left. >> >> That is basically what I do when I upgrade a server. > >You must have lots of spare time on your hands. Or maybe he does this to save time. It's only a few extra commands to a *nix expert (though I'd need time to figure it out): tar, mkdir, tar, and diff. Should be faster than troubleshooting it instead. ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/>
