Timothy Murphy wrote:
: Dean S. Messing wrote:
:
: > : but there are a several advantages in the opposite direction too.
: >
: > I don't know of any, other than speed, but ...
:
: One obvious advantage of an upgrade is that if you try a fresh install,
: and it fails, you may be left without an operating system.
True if one does not take precautions. As I said before, I _always_
move the filesystems on {/, /usr, /var, /tmp} to a single spare
partition, configure a boot floppy with an MBR to boot this, and test,
before beginning a new install.
Another reason I do this is that it always takes me a long time to tweek
the new system to where I want it---firewall, ssh configs, and a hundred
other little things. Since it is my work machine I am usually upgrading,
I need to boot the old system to get any work done. It helps to
have a heavily partitioned file space (which I have).
Dean
