going from 8.04 to 9.10

[O. Sinclair]

clay weber wrote:
> O. Sinclair wrote:
>> Christopher Rob JONES wrote:
>>>> This is what it took for me, about a week. You have to fully update each
>>>> install before you can make the jump to the next. Sorry. Ric
>>> I think if I was in your shoes I would consider a completely fresh 
>>> installation. backup /home to an external drive or similar, do a fresh 
>>> installation, including reformatting home, and then just copy back the 
>>> data from the /home backup. I think you should probably let the various 
>>> config files (.XYZ etc.) remake themselves since the differences are 
>>> likely large, particular for KDE going fronm 3 to 4.
>>>
>>> just my 2 pence worth.
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>> the only parts of the above that worries me is IF they said config 
>> files, mail files etc will remake themselves if left in the KDE3 places.
>>
>>
> 
> All your current kde3 configs will be carried over - no conversion 
> needed. The desktop settings (wallpapers, themes, etc) will obviously 
> not carry over as that system is totally different, so you would have to 
> customize that to your liking. But app settings all carry over.
> 
> The only thing I had to fix was that I had to re-create my email 
> accounts, but not my folders or filters or anything. But that was during 
> Intrepid's Alpha stage and a recovery from a backup, not an upgrade.
> 
> Another area to consider is nvidia/ati proprietary drivers. I am seeing 
> some issues with fglrx from jaunty to karmic, and would assume these 
> would hold true for a hardy-karmic jump due to the changes in kernbels 
> and xorg between the 2.
> 
> Also, the dist-upgrade tool cleans some things, disables external repos 
> and the like making for an easier and safer upgrade process. Worth the 
> wait if they can get a hardy-karmic upgrade path fixed. Otherwise, I 
> recommend a clean install, preferably using a separate /home partition 
> and proper backups.
> 
> clay
> 
thanks for, by now, many advice, thoughts and recommendation. My feeling 
at the moment is to wait until the RC disk is released. Then I plan to 
backup /home to an external (ext3) disk and make a cleansweep 
installation. Then restore what I consider important (mail, documents, 
music, photos etc) but leave old docs and many old .-files and 
.directories behind.

again - many thanks for your thouights and recommendations

Sinclair