on 2/16/2004 3:02 PM seth vidal said the following: > you really don't want to do this. Why? The cruft problem below? Will the likelihood of rpm database corruption increase? I have no illusions about the potential for data loss here; it is quite high. It's a risk I'm willing to take. Just for grins, I'm going to make an ISO backup of the system, download it, burn it, restore it, and see what happens if I DO do this on hardware I don't care about. > You really really really want to backup all your data and config files > and reinstall completely brand new on fc1. Again, I'd like to know why? Were that an option, I would do that. I do not have physical access to the machine, and there are no other machines on the same vlan that I have access to. Yes, it's not the greatest situation. You do odd things for free bandwidth... >>2. Due to the above problem, should I step from RH7.2 -> RH8 -> RH9 -> >> FC1? This seems like a huge waste of time, yet much safer. Given >> the choice, I'll choose safety. > > don't do this either - you will collect gratuitous cruft. To me, you are saying "yum upgrade" collects some amount of cruft each time, and that through repeated usage, cruft will accumulate? So, since I cannot perform a complete reinstallation, might you have another suggestion? -Jim
