[ale] important config. files

[Pete Hardie]

On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 13:39, Jim Kinney<jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
> I did an f10->f11 with no problems. It even had rpmfusion multimedia
> code. I did not have the f11 rpmfusion repo on _during_ the upgrade so
> the multimedia was replaced/removed.
>
> I have not done the f10->f11 yum upgrade. I did the boot cd upgrade.
> It was very smooth.

Ok, I guess I'll give it a try.  I will back up the while thing - I
love that I have an 80G HDD
and a 120G external drive.....

>
> When ever possible, a new install is best for clearing out the cruft.
> My big system, however, has been updated since FC2 (or 3?) up through
> F9. It is seriously showing some problems (evolution randomly locks
> up, etc) and it will get pushed to F11 soon by a wipe and reinstall.
>
> Since hard drives are really cheap now, I'm leaning more to new drive
> with new code and old drive for backup/source/archive. Park old drive
> on a shelf in a labeled, anti-static bag for a year or so.
>
> On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 1:08 PM, Pete Hardie<pete.hardie at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 12:40, Jim Kinney<jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> and if you had selinux running (I don't recall if fc7 was ground-zero
>>> for that or not) you MUST use star and not tar to capture the selinux
>>> acl metadata. otherwise on the new build a copy will fail.
>>>
>>> Best scenario: use a new drive and do a new install. After install,
>>> mount old drive and pull data over.
>>
>> speaking of Fedora 11 - my update notifier recently told me I was able to start
>> upgrading my F10 system(s) to F11.
>>
>> I've heard that upgrading is fraught with peril, and that a straight
>> install is better.
>> Is this still the case?  Or can I safely start upgrading to F11?
>>
>>
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