13.1 to 13.2 upgrade

Is a fresh install necessary for the upgrade to 13.2 when it’s released?

You shouldn’t have to but I prefer fresh. Just like to clean out all the stuff I installed but never use LOL. It think of it as cleaning out the garage rotfl!

Sounds good lol likely do the same thx for reply

Also I have 2 root partitions one for current OS and one for previous. I rotate the installs so I can always drop back to the previous version if the new has problems. I don’t mount the home partition, temporally using a /home on root, in a new install until I have tested it and seen that all is well. I then remove the /home from root and mount my home. I also have all the configs from the old in case I should need them. This gives belt and suspenders.

On 2014-09-28 19:16, wirefox wrote:
>
> Is a fresh install necessary for the upgrade to 13.2 when it’s released?

I have been upgrading since 5.3, so I don’t see why this time would be
different.


Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)

On 9/28/2014 at 12:36:01 PM gogalthorp wrote:

>
> You shouldn’t have to but I prefer fresh. Just like to clean out all
> the stuff I installed but never use LOL. It think of it as cleaning
> out the garage rotfl!

I am fairly inexperienced with Linux…
When you say that you prefer a fresh installation, do you mean only for
/ or do you also do it for /home?

tb

Only root you keep home. Though you some time need to reset the desktop configuration. It all depends on the history of the system. Newer desktops can modify the config files and thus MAY cause problems. Ok Does not happen often But I have seen it. But that is just the desktop setting and you can usually reset them in minuets if there is a problem.

Essentially what I do is rather then upgrade an exiting install I

  1. install new OS in the oldest root partition ( I maintain 2)
  2. I do not touch home partition I don’t even mount it at first until new system is proven
  3. once new system seems to work ok ie no major problems I do the final switch
    a) I log to terminal as root I rename the /home directory that was used for the test (it was auto created)
    b) I create a new /home mount point
    c) go to yast command line version and set the home partition to mount as /home
    d) reboot

Now I’m entire over to the new OS I resist going back to previous since config changes due to the new can cause problems for the older software
The old root partition now sits until the next version arrives it is only good for reference to system based config files

On 29/09/14 02:26, gogalthorp wrote:
>
> Only root you keep home. Though you some time need to reset the desktop
> configuration. It all depends on the history of the system. Newer
> desktops can modify the config files and thus MAY cause problems. Ok
> Does not happen often But I have seen it. But that is just the desktop
> setting and you can usually reset them in minuets if there is a problem.
>
> Essentially what I do is rather then upgrade an exiting install I
>
>
> 1) install new OS in the oldest root partition ( I maintain 2)
> 2) I do not touch home partition I don’t even mount it at first until
> new system is proven
> 3) once new system seems to work ok ie no major problems I do the final
> switch
> a) I log to terminal as root I rename the /home directory that was
> used for the test (it was auto created)
> b) I create a new /home mount point
> c) go to yast command line version and set the home partition to
> mount as /home
> d) reboot
>
> Now I’m entire over to the new OS I resist going back to previous since
> config changes due to the new can cause problems for the older software
> The old root partition now sits until the next version arrives it is
> only good for reference to system based config files
>
>

I go one step different: I have a separate, but small, /home partition
for each root and a common ~/Documents area via a symlink that I set up
after the testing phase. That allows continued use of the old
installation for longer (until some enforced change to data file
formats) by keeping the “user” configuration separate.


PeeGee

MSI m/b 870-C45, AMD Athlon II X3 445, 4GB, openSUSE 13.1/12.2 x86_64
dual boot + XP Home in VBox
Asus m/b M2NPV-VM, AMD 64 X2 3800+, 4GB, openSUSE 11.3 x86_64/XP Home
dual boot

… same here, except I equate it to cleaning out before moving to a new home.:stuck_out_tongue: