On Tue, 13 Apr 1999, Lenz Grimmer wrote:
> > I'm upgrading from SUSE 5.3 to 6.0 and was wondering how painless or
> > painful this can be? Do I need to reformat my hard drives and start
> > from scratch? Can I install ontop of 5.3? I'm a real newbie so any
> > suggestions would be apreciated...
>
> Upgrading without reformatting should be possible. I did it on my personal
> machine and it worked after some minor manual corrections. You mileage may
> vary, though. Either way you should backup valuable files first!
Well, ditto here. I upgraded almost everything with few problems. I did
back up some files first just to be safe, and of course another
consideration is files you have custom settings for you want to role over
to the new installation. Put 'em somewhere safe.
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