On Monday 27 June 2005 23:14, Paul Howarth wrote: > 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> Paul & Todd are both right. I didn't properly explain my response. I should have said to make a /saved (or whatever) partition and copy /root and /etc to it. Sorry for the mixup. Tom -- Tom Taylor Linux user #263467 Federal Way, WA Iraq war: 1,740 and counting
