[clue-tech] Upgrading Linux in-place

[Dave Price]

Todd

Viability of 'inplace' and iterative reboots really depends on your
disk / partition layout.

Availablility of an extra partition or drive (even better) would make
this easier.

Once you have the new OS booting on its own partition, you could then
symlink in the data / home directories as appropriate.

If your new SQL is to far ahead of the old one, it may not be able to
access the old data, but everything else should work seamlessly -

aloha,
dave


On 3/19/07, Todd A. Gibson <tgibson at augustcouncil.com> wrote:

> A couple observations:
>
> Is it feasible for me to do this in-place?  Can anyone offer tips,
> tricks, or a broad roadmap I can follow to accomplish this?  I'm
> technically savvy with Linux, but my entire OS install
> experience has been limited to boxes which I was able to wipe
> clean and start from scratch.
>