Guy Fraser wrote: >> Also consider the possibility that it might make more sense >> to keep /home on a separate partition, and leave this alone even if >> installing. > That can and does cause problems as well. > > Using old configuration files can and does cause lots of > problems when the software that uses them is updated, that > includes to user level config files in the home directories. > > Unless the update process has a way of updating all the configuration > files under /home it is better to tar it up and store it > somewhere. You can restore it in an alternate location and > move the files that don't exist after the upgrade then use diff > to determine what needs to changed in with the files that are left. > > That is basically what I do when I upgrade a server. You must have lots of spare time on your hands. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
