M. Fioretti wrote: > Why not backup everything, > then completely ERASE the old installation, installing over it > the current version from SCRATCH, then configure it to work as you need? > > Seriously. Wouldn't it be a much more reliable path, and consume much > less > time in the end?
Briefly, No. Surely we all have enough space on our disks nowadays to create a new partition, and install the new version there? This gives you a safety net, as you can go back to the old version, if things don't work out. Also, you can copy /etc/hosts and similar (with some care) from the old version. I did this recently, with an ancient computer (Thinkpad T43), which I'd left in another house for a couple of years, and which was running an old version of Fedora, I think Fedora-16. I was quite surprised it still seems to work fine - the internal speaker is much louder than any of its successors, so it's better for listening to the news, etc. -- Timothy Murphy gayleard /at/ eircom.net School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
