 | | | fresh install or? | fresh install or? 2004-02-24 - By Shane C Branch
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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.
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regards,
shane
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