On Sunday 18 March 2001 06:12, you wrote: > hi all ! > > i have a question regarding the upgrade of LM 7.2 to 8.0 > right now i have my linux server set up with 7.1, i was just thinking about > upgrading it to 7.2 when the advice came to my mind that i was given a few > weeks before on this mailing list. that was that i would have to completly > weep out the partitions when upgrading from 7.1 to 7.2. > now if i re-install 7.2 from scratch - forced to do all my config again - i > dont want to repeat this when then upgrading to 8.0. > has somebody experience with upgrading from 7.2 -> 8.0 ? > does it work properly or would one be forced again to completly wipe all > partitions ? > i dont want to do all the work twice ..... > > thx > > quay > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > -Quaylar- > Icq# 30932448 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <! Knowledge is power > > For confidental email plz encrypt with PGP I found that upgrades never work as advertised. If you have your /home partition separate from your /, /swap, etc. partitions, you do not have to wipe all partitions, you can keep /home intact. Do a clean install, it will give your PC that "oh-so-fresh" feeling. -- Jay ~May the enemies of Ireland never meet a friend~ http://www.mrsnooky.com http://www.celtic.free
