On Mon, 2005-06-27 at 22:17 -0400, Tim Largy wrote: > On 6/27/05, Thomas Taylor <linxt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Monday 27 June 2005 15:31, Todd Cary wrote: > > > Bruce - > > > > > > Thank you for the response. I guess this is to be expected since Fedora > > > is a test environment, but after getting a box all set up and purring, > > > it is not my idea of a fun activity to have to reconfigure a box from > > > scratch again. > > > > > > Todd > > > > > > > Hi Todd: > > You don't need to lose any settings when doing a fresh install. If you use > > separate partitions for /home and /root, then DON'T format them during the > > install, all your settings will be preserved. > > That depends on how you define "settings." Haven't you heard of /etc? > /usr/local? /usr/opt? (I'm sure you just forgot.) And /etc can't be a separate partition because single-user mode wouldn't work. Whether you go for an upgrade or a fresh install, there's always going to be work to do. I find the upgrade route easier personally, unless there's a big new feature in the new version that I won't be able to get that way (e.g. LVM2). Paul. -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
