On Wed, 07 May 2008 3:26 pm Peter Reutemann wrote:
If you upgrade with the alternative CD it saves a lot of downloading, but in my case it wasn't the downloading that took all the time, applying the packages took something like three hours and it stopped quite often to ask about replacing config files. a huge pita.
I didnt' find the upgrade too bad. In my case the download took probably longer than the installation. And yes, if you've fiddled around with the config files, it pays off having the /etc directory backed up that you can investigate what the upgrade reverted back to the defaults (like X-Windows forwarding through ssh, enabling the shorewall firewall, alsa parameters, etc).
Thank you, all. I'm backing everything I can think of up now, it sounds like it's best to reinstall. (I'm going to have keep up with upgrades from now on!) -- Glyn Webster.