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From: RoyalHeart on 2 Apr 2008 21:53
Which is better overall? Perform an update of 10.1 to 10.3, or (backup
user data, etc. then) format and reinstall? I'm leaning toward the
formatting, but as I have to do this on multiple machines here at the
homestead, I'd like to save some time.

BTW: different hardware, different package requirements (three PCs are
the kids machines (read games, games, and more games).

TIA

Thomas
From: steve godel on 3 Apr 2008 02:51
On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:53:25 -0700, RoyalHeart wrote:

> Which is better overall? Perform an update of 10.1 to 10.3, or (backup
> user data, etc. then) format and reinstall? I'm leaning toward the
> formatting, but as I have to do this on multiple machines here at the
> homestead, I'd like to save some time.
>
> BTW: different hardware, different package requirements (three PCs are
> the kids machines (read games, games, and more games).
>
> TIA
>
> Thomas

FWIW, it may be the long way around, but I've always believed a fresh
install is the safest way to go.



From: Lars Behrens on 3 Apr 2008 04:05
RoyalHeart wrote:

> Which is better overall? Perform an update of 10.1 to 10.3, or (backup
> user data, etc. then) format and reinstall? I'm leaning toward the
> formatting, but as I have to do this on multiple machines here at the
> homestead, I'd like to save some time.

Do a fresh install, this is the safest *and* fastest way.

A tipp: Create a spare partition for the home directories and install the OS
on the resting one. Thus your data won't be affected.

--
Cheerz Lars
From: Nikos Chantziaras on 3 Apr 2008 08:57
RoyalHeart wrote:
> Which is better overall? Perform an update of 10.1 to 10.3, or (backup
> user data, etc. then) format and reinstall? I'm leaning toward the
> formatting, but as I have to do this on multiple machines here at the
> homestead, I'd like to save some time.
>
> BTW: different hardware, different package requirements (three PCs are
> the kids machines (read games, games, and more games).

AFAIK, 10.1 to 10.3 isn't even supported; only 10.2 to 10.3. But even
then, I prefer clean install since backing up user-data isn't difficult
(cd /; tar -cvf /mnt/myExternalUSBDrive/home.tar /home).
From: birre on 3 Apr 2008 10:52
On 2008-04-03 14:57, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> RoyalHeart wrote:
>> Which is better overall? Perform an update of 10.1 to 10.3, or (backup
>> user data, etc. then) format and reinstall? I'm leaning toward the
>> formatting, but as I have to do this on multiple machines here at the
>> homestead, I'd like to save some time.
>>
>> BTW: different hardware, different package requirements (three PCs are
>> the kids machines (read games, games, and more games).
>
> AFAIK, 10.1 to 10.3 isn't even supported; only 10.2 to 10.3. But even
> then, I prefer clean install since backing up user-data isn't difficult
> (cd /; tar -cvf /mnt/myExternalUSBDrive/home.tar /home).

Suse 10.3 can be extra problematic since they now map all disks as
scsi devices. One of my machines has 2 sata disks and one ide, as
/dev/sda, /dev/sdb, /dev/hda

when I upgraded to 10.3 on that machine the old /dev/hda became /dev/sda and
moved the other 2 and messed up the grub install so I had to save the machine
by hand using the rescue boot and hand edit the grub files, since yast could
not fix it with repair :-/

/bb
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