On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 03:20:21PM -0600, Guy Fraser wrote: > On Sat, 2005-16-07 at 13:32 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote: > > 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. > > > > No, not really. Using diff and other command line 'filters', > it doesn't take too long to find necessary changes. > I did this upgrade fro FC# to FC4. All of my problems were resolved by doing a yum update. But maybe other people have different problems. -- ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University telephone: (210)-999-7484
