Hi, As I said in a previous email,
- backup your data before doing anything - if you alrdeay have MNF2 and choose update during the new mnf2 install it's just like if you were installing my rpm packages from my web site on the top of the existing configuration. This will therefore keep your setiings, unless something goes wrong :o) summer in Paris ? you must be kiddin' ;o) my 2cts, On Apr 3, 2005 10:44 AM, Thomas de Pirey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Florin, > > One question about updating the MNF2 with your new ISO. > > When you install your ISO, is it possible to just make an update? or do we > have to reinstall everything... will it keep all the actuall configuration? > > Have a nice sunday, with this nice weather in Paris ;) looks like summer no > ?;) > > Thomas > > florin wrote: > Hi Jim, > > The truth is the update should "almost" work ... but some fields have > been slightly modified in the /var/lib/naat-configuration (versus > MNF2) so some manual adjustement may be required. I didn't have time > to fully test this for the moment. I had some feedback about this > saying that the template were not applied during this process and > services not restarted. So, after update, restart the service and use > the web interface to change something ... in this way the template > will be applied and the service restarted ... I will test this in > order to have a better look but you guy can also test this in order to > speed things up ... I can't be everywhere ... for the moment ... but > I'm working on it ;o) > > have a nice day, > > On Apr 3, 2005 12:32 AM, Jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Florin, > > I know we've gone over this but I found two different answers to this > question. The first time it was answered you said the two MNF backup files > were incompatible. The second time you stated differently. > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Hello, > > I'm currently running MNF on 2.4.18 kernel. > > How can I move all my rules from the old machine to MNF2 keeping all the > > features of MNF2 (comments etc.)? > > > > In what file and which lines to copy? > > backup on mnf1 and restore on mnf2 > > -- > Florin > > I figured that something changed between the beta I was running and the > latest patches so I downloaded the most recent ISO and installed it fresh. > Essentially restoring the MNF files onto the MNF2 box leaves everything in > quite a pickle and very useless. Is there another way to do this or maybe a > script that parses the files differently or am I doing something stupid? > > I really need to transfer all my rules from the MNF box to the MNF2 box for > testing now and into the future. I know I could strip apart the various > files and put together a ConfigurationBackup file that would be compatible > to MNF2 and still contain my rules section (as large as it is) but it's not > real practical. > > Thoughts? > > Jim > > > > ________________________________ > > ____________________________________________________ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com > ____________________________________________________ > > -- Florin
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