On Mon, 8 Mar 2004, Alan Horn wrote: > In my experience, a fresh reinstall is generally better than an upgrade. > > I prefer to : > > o backup data > o wipe out OS > o remake filesystems > o install new system > o apply local config and app management from central mgmt server > o restore data i've mentioned previously that my preference is to do a "fresh" install, installing around my data-oriented filesystems like /home and /usr/local, anything you want preserved, and reformatting and reinstalling all of the others. this has the advantages of getting the benefit of a fresh install while preserving your data. on the down side, you don't get to resize those filesystems, or switch to LVM from a non-LVM config. also, you pretty much have to reconfigure everything from scratch, but if you backed up /etc/somewhere, that's generally not too painful and probably a good exercise, anyway, just to refresh your memory. i once wrote a list of everything i did to make this happen, has anyone else documented the steps involved in this sort of upgrade? just curious if i should anything critical to my list. rday
