On Thu, 2003-09-25 at 12:29, Michael Knepher wrote: > On Thu, 2003-09-25 at 09:43, Marc Schwartz wrote: > > > Related to this subject, in an obtuse sort of way, what is the > > recommended/preferred approach to upgrading from RH 9 to Fedora Beta #2? > > Can one do a distro upgrade or should one do a fresh install? > > Both are recommended, in order to have as many people testing the > various bits of code on as many different systems as possible (assuming > your interest in the beta is to help with bug testing). > > > If the > > latter, will the Fedora install process preserve the present /home tree > > structure if one does not alter the partitions? > > If /home is its own partition, yes. Just don't allow the installer to > automatically partition for you. Choose manual partitioning, and edit > the current /home partition to mount /home and "Leave as is". You'll > need to edit the remaining partitions to set the mount points and mark > them for reformatting. You may want to backup any config files in /etc > that you've made changes to before doing the install, as well as any > databases, web pages, etc., in /var. > > > > > FWIW, I am presently using yum and apt/synaptic DL'd from the fedora.us > > site for RH 9 stable. > > You'll probably need to update your versions of yum and apt, or at least > change the repositories to point to the appropriate beta repositories. > > > TIA, > > > > Marc Thanks Michael. Marc
