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- Table of Contents
- 1. IMPORTANT!!! Disclaimer and Copyright
- 2. Changes since version 1.1
- 3. Introduction
- 4. Write down everything you do.
- 5. Make a full backup of the existing system.
- 6. Back up /etc and its subdirectories on one or more floppies.
- 7. Make separate backups of each group of files you want to preserve.
- 8. Prepare root and boot floppies for the new installation.
- 9. Format floppies for the temporary kernel and the final build.
- 10. Inhibit logins and back up the /root and /home trees.
- 11. Boot from the new installation's boot and root floppies.
- 12. Delete the linux partitions with fdisk and recreate them.
- 13. Run the new linux installation.
- 14. Restore configuration data to the /etc directory and subdirectories.
- 15. Configure and rebuild the linux kernel.
- 16. Restore the stuff from the backups you made earlier.
- 17. Review security.
- 18. Enable logins.
- 19. Sorry, but once again: USE THIS INFORMATION AT YOUR OWN RISK!
- 20. Acknowledgements
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