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Subject:    Re: [SLE] How to upgrade from 7.3 to 8.1
From:       Robert Pollard <pollard.robert () attbi ! com>
Date:       2003-02-01 1:59:13
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On Friday 31 January 2003 02:28, Alleman, Lowell wrote:
> SuSE recommends that you upgrade to 8.0 first.  If you don't have a copy of
> it, then that makes matter more complicated.  A clean install is always
> best, but that can be a pain.
>
> It all comes down to how much you customized your install of 7.3.  If you
> only use it for desktop stuff, you might get away with just keeping your
> /home and /root and replacing everything else, but if your on a network and
> your box is setup as a file/print or web server then you definatly can't
> get away with dumping your configuration files.

I haven't done hardly any customizations.  It's just a desktop system that 
I'm using to learn more Linux with.

>
> If you could provide more details I'd be more than happy to offer
> additional suggestions.  Things that would be helpful to know:  How much
> Linux experience do you have?  How much time do you want to spend on this
> upgrade? How many people are effected by this machine and how important is
> it? ...

I have a lot of Solaris experience (7 years).  I have worked with Linux off 
and on for about 2 years.  Time is no issue.  I am not in a hurry.  I would 
like to know what the typical sys admin would go through if they had a 
file/print server they were maintaining.  I make it a goal to know as much as 
possible about system administration so I can use it on my resume and in the 
real world.

>
> I have a machine at home that has been upgraded from 7.2 -> 7.3 -> 8.0 ->
> 8.1, and it appears to be working fine.  On my personal machine, I decided
> to do a fresh install at version 8.0, since there was a big change in the
> /etc layout (e.g. the 'plumbing' changes mentioned earlier).

>
> Oh, make sure that you do a FULL SYSTEM BACKUP, before you start the
> upgrade.  This has saved by butt on a number of occasions... believe it or
> not,  most installers just can't cope once you run out of disk space...lol,
> I'd call myself an experienced computer user, but I've fallen into this
> several times...

I could NFS mount my Sun machine onto the Linux system and do a backup of 
anything I need.  I do have some mail I would like to keep.  I'm using KMail.

>
> Hope that helps,
>
> - Lowell

Thanks for your valuable time.

>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Christopher D. Reimer [mailto:creimer@rahul.net]
> > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 4:36 PM
> > To: Robert Pollard
> > Cc: suse-linux-e@suse.com
> > Subject: Re: [SLE] How to uprade from 7.3 to 8.1
> >
> > On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Robert Pollard wrote:
> > > Where do I get started?  I need the files to download to
> >
> > totally upgrade the
> >
> > > system and how to do it.
> >
> > You might find doing a fresh install is better.  While 7.3
> > and 8.1 look
> > similar on the surface, the plumbing in 8.1 is a tad bit
> > difference.  Of
> > course, if you're not prepared to do a fresh install before
> > hand, a fresh
> > install may not be practical.
> >
> > Christopher Reimer
> >
> >
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