Messages in this thread |  | | From | Hartmut Niemann <> | Subject | Re: Some more pre-2.0 input | Date | Tue, 14 May 1996 13:52:26 +0200 (MSZ) |
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Hi Peter! > >>>>> "Hartmut" == Hartmut Niemann <niemann@cip.e-technik.uni-erlangen.de> writes: > > Hartmut> Bottom line: If 2.0 is released, there _must_ be clear > Hartmut> guidelines how to upgrade from any known and widespread > Hartmut> linux version and patch level. And if "backup, reformat, > Hartmut> reinstall, restore" is the way to go, say it! With a tape, > Hartmut> this can be done in a day, more or less unsupervised. > Hartmut> Replacing all the necessary packages by hand is - at least - > Hartmut> time-consuming. > > Ever tried reading Documentation/CHANGES, which is exactly what you're > looking for? Thank you, I have not, i surely will. But my point is a little different: if somebody has a from-the-box 1.2.8 or 1.1.9 or 0.99.xx system, what does he have to replace to run a 2.0.0 kernel? Probably everything... My system at home ist a 1.2.13 pre-elf, and I guess i will more or less reformat it, if i do not find an easier way. I think I won't upgrade package after package.
> > About whether or not to reformat, that will allways be up to you to > deside. No, it's not. Some systems make it really a good idea to - at least - delete them (deltree c:\windows) before installing the new version. Does a new installation really cope with _all_ old config scripts? Does it overwrite them? Process them? Leave them untouched? move them to *.old? Do you know when the (just as an example) lilo.conf script last changed it's format? The network config scripts?
Maybe booting from a new bootdisk, cleaning up all system directories and starting anew is necessary, maybe not - who knows? I would like to.. > > /Peter > > PS: this is not mail to the linux-kernel list, because the CHANGES > file have been announced there... > > -- > Peter von der Ahe > Ny Munkegade 101,1 tv, DK 8000 Aarhus C,Denmark > Phone: +45 8613 2634, E-mail: pahe@daimi.aau.dk > www: http://www.daimi.aau.dk/~pahe/ > +--+ !cu! +--+ Hartmut
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