edwarner99@yahoo.com wrote:
Hi,
Having to switch to Fedora from RH9 because of the cost, I have a few questions. My system is running DHCP and a Firewall.
- Can I even do an upgrade from the CD's instead of a
complete install?
That is what I did. I also did a fresh install in another partition, and for the first time after doing both of these, I chose to stay with the upgrade from RHL9 instead of using the fresh install.
- What (configuration files) if anything do I need to
save?
It's a good idea to have all your home directory backed up somewhere in order to be able to retrieve anything. I usually do
$ cd $ mkdir oldstuff $ cp -R .???* oldstuff/
before upgrade to make everthing I have available later.
Another way is to move everything to oldstuff to allow all new configs to be written; see copy below of a post from another person: ========================================= I have found this trick very useful in the past when upgrading or reinstalling a system that has a separate /home partition that will survive the upgrade/install:
$ cd $ mkdir oldstuff $ mv -R .???* oldstuff/
Do this before an upgrade. The reasoning is that many old config files in your home directory tend to be a wee bit unsuitable for new apps or app versions. (The .???* filemask is a hangover from the old days - I am too chicken to risk having a command operate on . and .. as well ;-) )
Then log in, and check things out. You can always bring back previous configs from ~/oldstuff/ if they are too painful to recreate.
One of the biggest beneficiaries of this trick has been (for me) KDE, but many other apps, like gaim, galeon, etc. have also benefitted from not being forced to emulate old version configs. ===========================================
Another technique I use is to have all my own data files in a separate partiton called /data, and only my configuration in my home directory. /data doesn't get changed by any new install, so all my data files are preserved. This is also handy for sharing these files between several versions of RH/Fedora linux I have on various partitions.
- Any guidance on the web--somewhere?
Take a look at a lot of comments about this process in the fedora-list archives using the archives link at
http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Hope this helps.
Gerry