Mike Dittmeier wrote:
>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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>
Trying to restore Home as it was before may give you problems. I would
burn CD's or DVD's
of all the data you want to save, then after a clean new install you can
put the data into
your new home directory.
Richard Smoot
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