Things not to do when upgrading

[Jared Anderson]

emerge -u world

Ahhhhhhh, music to my ears....


On Sat, 17 Sep 2005 23:09:58 -0700 (PDT), Kenneth writes:
>In all the years I've been using Linux, I only ever
>attempted an upgrade once, and it had problems.  I
>always do clean installs.
>
>--- Donn <dlshumway at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Not that this would have helped in your situation,
>> but I understand that 
>> 2006 RC2 has a vastly improved upgrade process from
>> previous versions. In 
>> the past, I have been so paranoid of their upgrade
>> process that (after the 
>> first failed attempt) I never do an upgrade, instead
>> opting for a full 
>> reinstall. This is fairly simple with Linux if your
>> organized (I have had to 
>> force myself to be).
>> 
>> Sorry about your lost files.
>> 
>> On 9/17/05, Aron Smith <aronsmith1 at cox.net> wrote:
>> > 
>> > On Sat, 17 Sep 2005 16:39:08 -0700 (PDT)
>> > Kenneth <madhse at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > 
>> > 
>> > What was worse I lost about 20 Gb of mp3 s and
>> about 2000 photos :-(
>> > >
>> > > --- Aron Smith <aronsmith1 at cox.net> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > I just upgraded my system to Mandriva LE 2006
>> RC1
>> > > > being cautious I first backed up my home
>> directory
>> > > > to a USB hard
>> > > > drive ..so far so good.
>> > > > then I did a full install so far so good..
>> > > > then I realized that I reformatted the
>> external
>> > > > drive too
>> > > > Oops I forgot to unplug the external drive
>> > 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Donn
>> "Sarcasm is the safe alternative to expressing
>> anger."
>> --Richard North Patterson
>> >
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