On Feb 24 Tue 2004 4:07 pm, shane c branch wrote: Gentlemen thank you. You guys have given me not only your opinions, but most importantly reasons why (step by step instr. are cool but doesn't do much in teaching). Which I need to learn with. I'll be going with a spanking clean fresh install. Again ladys & gentlemen thank you , Carlos > joe wrote: > > shane c branch wrote: > >> Carlos wrote: > >>> Hello again, > >>> I'm wondering if I should or could do an upgrade from red hat 9 to > >>> fedora, or would it be best to just do a fresh install. Just got a > >>> fedora dvd and itching to try it out. But would like to hear some > >>> advice or opinions or just things to look out for if any. Thank you > >>> all, Carlos > >> > >> I haven't tried Fedora yet myself, but I would also vote for the fresh > >> install. > > > > One nice thing about fedora is you can upgrade a running RH 8/9 system > > to fedora, while keeping the box up and running and in service the whole > > time, but if you can afford some downtime, a clean install is best. > > Typically I save /etc, and then when doing the the clean install I tell > > it to leave the /home partition alone, along with any other special > > stuff like /opt or /usr/local if they are separate partitions. In an > > upgrade, there is always a lot of cruft that has to be sorted out by > > hand afterwards. > > > > Joe > > Exactly. That I think a clean install is just easier. > > -- > regards, > > shane -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
