Yep, that's about what I've always done. Backup /home, /etc and then just reinstall. I'll have to check out autopackage (or whatever it was called) later. Josh ___SIG___ On Fri, 25 May 2001, Austad, Jay wrote: > Make sure your /home directory is on it's own partition, tar zcvf > /home/moomonk/etc.tgz /etc, then reinstall without formatting /home. Use > the stuff from your old /etc to rebuild any config files you may have > changed. > > I've only tried doing an upgrade twice (once with Mandrake, once with > RedHat). Trust me, you're better off reinstalling. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Joshua Jore [mailto:moomonk at rogue.electricgod.net] > > Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 4:53 PM > > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Slackware 7.2 .iso images available > > > > > > /me picks up an old thread. I don't suppose the slack team > > ever figured > > out a way to make upgrades happen? I like slack but darned it > > if it isn't > > a pain to deal with upgrades. > > > > Josh > > > > ___SIG___ > > > > On Tue, 22 May 2001, Bill Layer wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 22 May 2001 12:54:37 -0500 > > > "Tom Hudak" <thudak at sistina.com> wrote: > > > > > > > On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 06:07:10PM -0500, Bill Layer wrote: > > > > >You will also note: unlike the standard distribution, my > > first CD is > > > _not_ > > > > >bootable.. you will need to use the standard > > bootdisk/rootdisk method > > > of > > > > >starting the install process. > > > > > > > > > >P.S. Let me know if it works ;) > > > > I'll make some disc's that are bootable. I have the > > current tree, but I > > > never > > > > spent enough time to make the cd's. El Torito here we come. > > > > > > I would have, but I'm not exactly sure how the slackware bootable cd > > > handles the root filesystem... I know how to make a > > bootable cd (that > > > emulates a single floppy disk), but not the dual boot / > > root setup that > > > slack uses.. I'd be curious how you do that. > > > > > > > > > > > > -.bill.layer.- > > > > > > -.those who are talking don't know, and those who know > > aren't talking.- > > > > > > -.frogtown.- -.minnesota.- -.u.s.a.- > > > _______________________________________________ > > > tclug-list mailing list > > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > tclug-list mailing list > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >