Attempt 1: a) Copy /boot, /, and /home to a new spare drive (the same one that the .iso's are on. b) Select reinstall system. Skip formatting the filesystems. c) Screw around with customizing for a user that, like most, *don't* need the kitchen sink. Have it fail a number of times with insufficient space, since it can't seem to figure out that it's going to overwrite many files. Delete lots o' stuff. d) Finally get it to install. Shell looks fine. KDE will *not* start, and croaks every time. Even though I told it reinstall, it apparently didn't reinit the rpm d/b, and did *not* install some things, since they conflicted with other, older packages.
Attempt 2: a) copy a bit more over to the new drive. b) Select reinstall system. Let it format /var (and so wipe out the rpm d/b, and /. c) Customize packages. d) Continue.
Success. Then it was just copy /home back, and create users to use those directories, and chown -R on them.
All in all, she's upgraded...but this is a *lousy* way to expect barely-computer-literate desktop-oriented users to expect to do an upgrade...since it *ain't*, it's an install.
*sigh*
mark "and her network printing is finally working...." -- The Bushista: compassionless conservatism
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