[CS-FSLUG] Distro Question

[Don Parris]

On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 08:54:18 -0400, Fred Miller <fmiller at lightlink.com> wrote:
> On Thursday October 28 2004 10:09 pm, Christopher Rose wrote:
> > Is there a way that I can change distributions without having to back up
> > all my files first? Also, since my desire is to change distro's for the
> > sake of having a more recent kernel and hopefully a better running system,
> > what does everyone recommend?
> 
> My experience is that it's better to reformat all partitians and then a clean
> install of the new version, AFTER burning a CD of all important files that
> I've created.
> 
> Fred
> 
My tendency has been to store my data on CD or a remote box, and start
fresh.  Using Windows taught me to do a complete installation.  I
don't know about upgrading Linux - never tried.  Too gun shy.  Others
have reported success with upgrading SUSE, but I haven't heard much
about Slack or Debian.

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