[wplug] upgrading suse 9.0

[Dileep Vangasseri]

Hello,

Thanks for your help. I run a personal desktop and
there are less chances of filling up /var or /tmp. So,
as you suggested, I am thinking of sticking to my
present partition  table. 

Thanks for the suggestions.

With regards,
Dileep


--- Duncan Hutty <duncanhutty at comcast.net> wrote:

> In theory suse90->suse92 retaining only /home should
> not be a problem 
> particularly if you stay with the same desktop
> environment (probably 
> Gnome/KDE). I suggest that you examine /home
> carefully first. If you are 
> upgrading to new versions of applications that
> record settings and/or 
> configuration in /home (don't forget /home/\..*) I
> would want to 
> consider carefully whether the new versions are able
> to use the old 
> config files. The answer is you're probably ok, but
> if you feel 
> particularly cautious, of if your settings woulod be
> arduous to 
> recreate, then backup. Obviously, anything more than
> config files should 
> be backed up, regardless. However, if you do not
> tell the new installer 
> to modify /home, then it should be fine, the backup
> should only be for 
> insurance.
> 
> If you do ls ~ -a for all users on the box, then you
> will see all those 
> 'dot files'.
> 
> For an ordinary desktop box, your partition scheme
> seems quite suitable.
> There are various arguments for separating different
> parts of the 
> filesystem in different partitions, but if this is
> an ordinary desktop 
> box, it's probably unnecessary. Mostly, it's to do
> with preparing for 
> highly available systems and protecting from
> potential DoS attacks that 
> attempt to fill a /var or /tmp filesystem. If you
> feel that your 
> partitioning requirements might be somewhat out of
> the ordinary, then 
> feel free to google for 'partition scheme' or
> similar.
> 
> Duncan Hutty



		
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