On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 09:58 -0600, m g wrote: > I would guess, given how many horror stories I've heard, that going > from RH9->FC1 would involve not just a yum update, but also manual > tweaking before you could do FC1->FC2, which would also require manual > tweawking, and so on. > > Seriously, backup home and maybe /var/www - everything else, you can > reinstall. You could even rpm -q > foo.txt to make sure you know what > you had installed. Agree with the advice to do a fresh install rather than upgrade. I also find it useful to back up /etc to "mine" for config settings, user/group definitions, etc. If you DO decide to upgrade (as I have admittedly done on occasion), "rpm -qa --last > RPMS_by_Install_Time.txt" is very helpful. Look at the end of the output for packages that pre-date the upgrade and remove, upgrade from 3rd party repos, or otherwise deal with them as necessary. Phil
