[Gllug] Upgrade to SuSe 9.1?

[Stuart Sears]

On Sunday 12 Sep 2004 20:06, Andrew Scott wrote:
> Hello folks,
>
> Having at long last entered the early preparation stages for the upgrade
> project on our family PC [i686 mdk 9.1], it would be nice to check with
> you folks on one or two things.
>
> While the fact that this system is used as the family PC for everything
> and has been so in the current state for the past year is a blessing, it
> is also a right royal pain when it comes to upgrading. For, of course,
> it must JUST WORK ...
>
> Essentially I have two challenges: the first is more to do with the fact
> that this is more of a hybrid hacked mdk 9.1 cum 9.2 or in other words a
> bit of a mess. There's all kinds of stuff installed off /usr/local and
> /opt. That however is firmly in my department for careful book-keeping.
>
> The second issue is what I would like to bring to you. I presently have
> mdk 9.1 on a single Maxtor 40GB drive, with separate partitions for /,
> /usr, /var, and /home. Unwisely, I made /usr a bit small [3.9G], but I
> guess changing the partition table and expecting to keep the data is a
> bit much, so I'll just have to live with it.
no you don't. This is what parted was invented for. It can resize both 
partitions and their filesystems.
> It's the stuff in /home I'd 
> like to keep, however making a suitable backup is a problem for me, as I
> have no CD writer, no second HDD, and no funds to acquire either.
which partition contains the /home filesystem?
>
> The question I have is this: using the SuSe 9.1 installer [thanks,
> Novell! ;)], can I do an in-place install on the /, /usr, and /var
> partitions while keeping /home intact and inviolate? If so, how? My
> suspicion is that this is possible and straightforward, however I'd like
> to hear it from you before pressing on.
most graphical installers now offer something akin to an 'expert' mode which 
should allow you to specify which partitions are mounted where, and whether 
they should be 'formatted' or not. I believe Suse is no exception.

HTH

Stuart
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