[Gllug] Upgrade to SuSe 9.1?

[Andrew Scott]

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. 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.

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.

Finally if anyone has a spare gmail invite going begging, PLEASE contact
me off-list, as I have suddenly found a use for the gmail file system
thingumy discussed earlier in the list ;)

Thanks in anticipation,

Andrew

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