On Tue, 2006-10-24 at 07:47 -0700, Styma, Robert E (Robert) wrote: > > Hi Todd > > > > > > Is there an method of upgrade from RedHat 7.2 to FC5 that won't > > > require a backup and selective restore after completely overwriting > > > the OS that's on it right now? > > > > > I am afraid not, the differences are too overwhelming. > > Backup, install afresh and restore is the only path > > > Make sure you take a backup of /etc on it's own that you can restore > to /tmp. You do not want to restore it over the FC5 /etc, but you > may want to fish out data from your /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, /etc/samba, > /etc/resolve.conf, and other config files. > > I tried upgrade mode from RH8 to FC4 and it was too much of a change to > produce a running system. The copy of /etc really helped get my web server, > samba server, and accounts back up in a hurry. Having a snapshot of what was installed on the old system is also helpful in finding lost applications. rpm -qa > /tmp/all-packages -- Karsten Wade, RHCE, 108 Editor ^ Fedora Documentation Project Sr. Developer Relations Mgr. | fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject quaid.108.redhat.com | gpg key: AD0E0C41 ////////////////////////////////// \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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