Upgrading Redhat/Mandrake - space problem

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

On SuSE I have done several upgrades with very few problems, and I 
routininely upgrade their fixes.

One problem that all systems (Linux, Unix, Windows) face during upgrade is 
space. I always keep a version of Partition Magic with me so I can 
rearrange my partitions. I am about to upgrade my laptop from SuSE 7.1 to 
SuSE 7.3 beta. We'll see if I encounter any problems.
"Brian J.Conway" wrote:

> Just quickly looking, I would think it's the /usr that's top short on space f
> or the upgrade.  Hitting ctrl-alt-F(1-4) during the install would probably pr
> ovide a little more info once it dies on you.  On a side note, I've yet to fi
> nd a Linux distro (or any OS, really) that upgrades well enough that I would 
> actually recommend using, with the exception of Debian's apt-get procedure (d
> ist-upgrade, is it?).  With plenty of partitions, why not just do a full inst
> all and format / and /usr, after backing up whatever you need, since I didn't
>  see a /home in there?  As much as I'm a fan of Mandrake, that would definite
> ly be my recommendation for that distribution, in particular.
> 
> Brian J. Conway
> dogbert at clue4all.net
> 
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