Charles A. Punch wrote: > Tom Brinkman wrote: > >> On Monday 17 September 2001 10:57 am, Matt Greer escribió: >> >>> on 9/17/01 10:20 AM, Tom Brinkman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> >>>> but I'd recommend switching to a journaling FS ASAP. You should >>>> have already. >>>> >>> What exactly is a journaling file system? What does it mean that it >>> journals? >>> >> >> http://www.google.com/search?q=journaling+file+system&btnG=Google+Search >> >>> Also, with 8.1 around the corner, what does it take to upgrade? If I >>> were to upgrade 8.1 over my 8.0 system, do most things remain intact? >>> Do I need to reconfigure everything? Anything to watch out for? >>> >> >> I never upgrade. I always do fresh installs. > > > I have never upgraded either. It seems that all the experts on this list > are against it, but you can also do a fresh install without formatting > your home partititon. I've only done it that way once and I'm not sure > what you want to remain intact. I think any apps that you replace will > have to be reconfigured. The advantage to me, was to keep my data intact. > > OS Upgrades are evil, and should be avoided. Even on my large enterprise servers, when it's time for a new OS, I do fresh installs. Some things I've done to aid this: I use seperate filesystems for all major areas of the system. When it's time to re-install, I can save many of my apps, and my home directories. Then the install only affects the "system" portions of the disk. A typical cross section of one of my systems might look like: / | /usr | Systems area. /var | A seperate disk if possible /tmp | /opt (where I install apps. Very often an NFS mount) /usr/local (for apps specific to a particular box) /usr/src (for source code, and kernels) /home (um.. home directries. Normally an NFS mount) /archive (just a stash. A place to store "stuff") - and so on - When I do an install, the only area(s) that get reformatted are /, /usr, /var, & /tmp The rest I leave alone. This has been a very successful approach for me. Also, by keeping the system on a seperate (small) disk, you will see some performance improvements, and less loss in the case of a disk failure. There is the occational app that might need re-installing, or rebuilding because of large changes in libs. But as a whole, it works out very well for me. Ric
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