Upgrading Redhat 6.1 to Redhat 9??

package · 05-19-2003, 07:50 PM

I have read documentation that mentions it possible to
upgrade from 6.2 to 9, however, is it possible to
do an upgrade from 6.1 to 9??

thanks,
package

BittaBrotha · 05-19-2003, 09:42 PM

It seems that it would take alot of work, lots of files would need upgrading.

You may be better off backing up your data files & config files and start over with a fresh install of version 9. If you had your /home directory on a separate partition would help!

package · 05-20-2003, 04:54 AM

thanks for the reply..... I was thinking about backing up everything like you mention and then installing full RH9 from there.

If I have /home/ on a seperate mount point, how could I use this as a benefit? So, the installation will not look at /home/ ?

can I just unmount it durring installation.... or leave it mounted?

Any more suggestions?

Thanks,
package

BittaBrotha · 05-20-2003, 09:27 PM

If you have /home on a separate partition, anytime you reformat the other partitons or install a new version, you can use the same /home partition without loosing your personal files.

package · 05-21-2003, 09:09 AM

ah, I see, so you can just select that same /home/ and not format it... keep the data right into your next installation.

Thanks.
-package