Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 31 Mar 1997 22:18:35 -0800 (PST) | From | "Mr. James W. Laferriere Network Engineer" <> | Subject | Re: upgrade from 1.2.13 to 2.0.X |
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On Mon, 31 Mar 1997, daniel provencher wrote: > hi all > > i have question, i want to upgrade my linux from 1.2.13 to 2.0.29, > but i have problem, i'm ISP, then i dont want to shutdown the system to > long, so is everyone can tell me what the best way to upgrade, and in > wich order to do it, i upgrade my kernel and after my utilitys program, > or my utilitys program and my kernel after.?
Daniel, Best method I know of is to buy a second machine and load fresh `your prefered distribution` onto it. Taking your sweet time about it, while recompiling any tools / .... you are fond of .
Then when all seems in readiness tar / dump the system you've created & then tar / dump off the necessary components of the old system onto your new hot rod & test it out locally for a few days.
Then do a midnight tar / dump of the the necessary components of the old system one more time to keep it current then swap it over.
Do be carefull if using tar as a full system dump it has a tedency to loose who owns what, Best to use a good dump/restore procedure, though always tar off the passwd-area(even if using kerberos/shadow), tar may be usable if you do this.
I've done it this way on two differant occasions. once for a name server reasonably heavy use. once for a radius server & mail server -VERY- heavy use.
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