Re: Cleanest way to upgrade F7 to F9 (when the time comes)
On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:11:53 -0400
"McGuffey, David C." <DAVID.C.MCGUFFEY(a)saic.com> wrote:
> What is the cleanest way to upgrade from version to version (e.g.,
F7 to
> F9 (when it arrives)?
Make a backup and do a CD or DVD upgrade. You shouldn't need to use
the
backup but its always handy for "worst case" situations.
You can do live upgrading but that is a much less tested path and best
done with a bit of experience.
> Will I run into any conflicts if I do a fresh install of F9, create
the
> user accounts and groups (keeping the same uid and gid), untar
the
home
> folders, and pull back the key config files?
Probably not.
> When I tar the home folders, should I preserve the selinux context?
If you've not set any specific ones then forcing a relabel should be
quite sufficient.
Alan
Thanks for the response.
Other than adding selinux attributes to the mounted partition that is
shared out by samba, I haven't made any selinux changes.
I'll tidy up all the Windoze files onto the drive shared by samba,
dismount it, save any other data to the USB disk, and do a DVD upgrade.
If something goes wrong, I'll have the data to restore.
There is actually plenty of space on the samba share (an ex3 partition),
that I may just tar the user and config data I want to save there, and
not worry about the USB disk.
Dave McGuffey
Principal Information System Security Engineer // NSA-IEM, NSA-IAM
SAIC, IISBU, Columbia, MD