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On Mon, 2008-07-28 at 16:15 +0100, Tom Potts wrote: > On Monday 28 July 2008 12:39, Grant Sewell wrote: > > On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:56:17 +0100, Tom Potts wrote: > > > I'm hoping to upgrade my Suse9.1 machine but for the life of me cant find > > > any > > > info on safe upgrade paths - ie can I go from 9.1 to 10.1 in one go, and > > > then > > > over to opensuse or do I have to go 9.1-9.2-9.3... etc - I can find the > > > wood > > > for the trees.... > > > Tom te tom te tom > > > > Is there any particular reason you wish to upgrade rather than simply > > installing the later/latest version fresh? > It seems to take me of the order of three months to get everything I want > installed and then some. To me the OS is only a teeny weeny bit of the > computer! > Tom te tom te tom > > I just installed opensuse 11.0 over ubuntu and was given the option of which partitions to format. I formated only the / partition and not home. I know this does remove software, but all your settings and data are still there. So unless you have a lot of software that has to be compiled "by hand" along with dependencies etc getting back to your original state is a doddle. Simon -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html