I would definitely do a fresh install. Too many programs are compiled just
for the 64 bit vs. 32 bit.
You will probably have too many issues to deal with doing an upgrade.
1. Any .*rc files in your home directory will need to be verified after you
restore home to make sure they point to the right path or executable name.
2. I had issues going to the new version of evolutions. All files were
stored in the evolution folder making for easy upgrade. Now the are stored
in the .evolution folder (hidden) so I thought I had lost my email and
contacts. A little manual effort brought everything back.
3. you many have to download new versions of 3rd party software to work with
the 64 bit kernel.
Hope this is a good start
Mike (Ditt) Dittmeier, MCSE, RHCT
-----Original Message-----
From: slug@nks.net [mailto:slug@nks.net] On Behalf Of Bob Stia
Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 12:55 AM
To: slug@nks.net
Subject: [SLUG] Thinking ahead
Hello Sluggers,
You all may recall that a few weeks ago I asked about hardware, prices, etc.
for a new machine I wanted to build. After much investigation, searching
and so on, I settled on a "barebones" set up from Monarch. New case, lots of
fans,460 w PS, an AMD Athlon 64 +3500 on an MSI K8T MB and a gig of ram, a
new Nec DVD +-RW/CDRW and a Sony 32x52 CDRW, plus a "break-in" testing for 3
days, 2 year warranty and shipping for $950. Anxiously awaiting it's arrival
about the middle of next week.
I already have my shiny new SuSE 9.2 pro sitting here in a box waiting for
it.
Point of all of this? Trying to think ahead at what problems might arise.
Running SuSE 8.2 right now and have backed up all of the file that I think
are important. I will reuse my current HD's and put them in the new box.
There are some major differences between 8.2 and 9.2 Kernel of course. from
2.4 to 2.6. RPM from 3 to 4, user id from 500 to I000 ?, and I understand
they have moved some files/directories around. Plus I will be changing from
32 bit to 64 bit to further complicate matters. So, I am thinking fresh
install vs upgrade. Maybe less problems. Anyway I want to change the fs on
some of my partitions and/or resize them.
I am going to try and restore my /home some of /user/local/ some of /etc/
and another partition named /data which only contains jpegs, mp3's, etc. (no
problem) I hope. Already running KDE 3.3 which I think comes with 9.2, so
maybe a complete restore of /home will work ??
So what do the Sluggers think?? Any more bases to cover, any "gotchas" that
you may see? etc. etc. Your opinions and expertise are very much respected
by me. I want your input.
Thanks Sluggers,
Bob S.
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