On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 9:48 PM, Chris Laprise <tas...@posteo.net> wrote:
> On 08/12/2018 05:23 PM, Andrew David Wong wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA512 >> >> On 2018-08-12 14:26, 'awokd' via qubes-users wrote: >> >>> On Sun, August 12, 2018 6:16 pm, qubes-...@tutanota.com wrote: >>> >>>> I am planning to move from my Whonix 13 to Whonix 14 on Qubes. My >>>> question is what way it should be easier, based on the Q user >>>> experiences. What would you propose - upgrade or re-install? Are >>>> there any known issues which would call for one or other way? >>>> >>> >>> Re-install is usually easier. >>> >>> I have few VMs based on the Whonix template with data and >>>> settings on it. Will the contents of these VMs remain, or will >>>> it be destroyed - re-install vs upgrade? >>>> >>> >>> Contents should remain, just set them to the new Whonix template. >>> Make sure to back up everything first. >>> >>> >> The installation guide [1] states: >> >> "Re-installation will destroy any existing user data stored in Whonix >> VMs, unless it is backed up first. To avoid this scenario, it is >> possible to upgrade Whonix 13 to 14 instead of following these >> instructions." >> >> This was puzzling to me, too, since TemplateVM upgrades usually don't >> affect user data in TemplateBasedVMs. Could you shed some light on >> this, Patrick? >> > > What I did: Cloned the old whonix-ws template, switched appvms to the > clone, then did 'dnf remove' on the old templates and finally performed the > recommended whonix install procedure. > > Later, I was able to switch existing whonix appVMs to whonix-ws-14. > > Brilliant, thanks Chris > -- > > Chris Laprise, tas...@posteo.net > https://github.com/tasket > https://twitter.com/ttaskett > PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB 4AB3 1DC4 D106 F07F 1886 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "qubes-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ms > gid/qubes-users/4433888d-cbfe-8ea2-2143-1ba4a0dcae0e%40posteo.net. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/CAPzH-qAUsLTZSs17VUgkfrzLh1dLMPCLb4Vxk6rY2vELNixQ%2Bw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
