Migration from eCs20rc4 to eCs20GA

Hi!

I plan to take a fling at ecs20rc4 this weekend - after the FULL backup 
which will run at 0700 this morning - installing it a compatibility 
partition with the HPFS file system. Suppose now that I find rc4 to be 
reasonable stable and reliable so that I will install my most needed 
applications on ecs20rc4 and the installed apps works well.

Now sometime in the future eCs 2.0 GA will be released and I plan to buy
it and install it. Can I so to speak "migrate" my eCs20rc4 to eCs20 GA

so that the installed apps will run correctly or must I wipe ecs20rc4, 
install 2.0 GA and reinstall the applications instead?


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I dont know from RC4 to GA, but I know that between the RCs and the Betas 
you can not migrate. Personally, I would not migrate install but would 
prefer to install clean for the GA. If the GA is what you are going to 
stick with for a while, it would be better to be sure its 100% clean and 
ready for the long haul, no?

Christer Jacobsson wrote:
> I plan to take a fling at ecs20rc4 this weekend - after the FULL backup 
> which will run at 0700 this morning - installing it a compatibility 
> partition with the HPFS file system. Suppose now that I find rc4 to be 
> reasonable stable and reliable so that I will install my most needed 
> applications on ecs20rc4 and the installed apps works well.
> 
> Now sometime in the future eCs 2.0 GA will be released and I plan to buy
> it and install it. Can I so to speak "migrate" my eCs20rc4 to
eCs20 GA 
> so that the installed apps will run correctly or must I wipe ecs20rc4, 
> install 2.0 GA and reinstall the applications instead?

 From what I've read, migration is an iffy prospect at best.

I have beta 4, RC1 and RC2 installed on three 2GB partitions, .  All my 
installed apps and data are on other partitions.  Thus when I install 
RC4, hopefully this weekend, I won't have to re-install very many, if 
any, apps - only the desktop references.  These can all be done in an 
hour or two.  This is the safest route and provides opportunity to 
change/improve the setups.

Hi Christer

Christer Jacobsson wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I plan to take a fling at ecs20rc4 this weekend - after the FULL backup 
> which will run at 0700 this morning - installing it a compatibility 
> partition with the HPFS file system. Suppose now that I find rc4 to be 
> reasonable stable and reliable so that I will install my most needed 
> applications on ecs20rc4 and the installed apps works well.
> 
> Now sometime in the future eCs 2.0 GA will be released  and I plan to buy
> it and install it. Can I so to speak "migrate" my eCs20rc4 to
eCs20 GA 
> so that the installed apps will run correctly or must I wipe ecs20rc4, 
> install 2.0 GA and reinstall the applications instead?
> 
> 
> Cul8er alligator!
> gaea - feminist


Use separate volumes for system and applications eg:-

c: - install system
d:\programs - install apps here


Then it is possible to update the system volume c: without to much 
disruption to the installed applications - you may also want to consider 
keeping data on the d: drive ie put HOME on d:

It is even possible to use some tools, eg Object Packager from Object 
Desktop V2+, to backup the Desktop on c: before installing an updated 
system. It is then possible to restore required application objects to 
the new system Desktop (have to install Object Desktop 1st) avoiding a 
lot of time consuming reinstalls.


Not having tried any of the eCS2.0RC releases I have no idea if the 
Migration option still exists and, if it does, no idea if it has 
improved since 1.2 release. I seem to recall that worked OK for some 
people but not for others...


Regards

Instead of HPFS, you might want to install the GA on a JFS partition.  They 
reported good improvements in performance over HPFS.

-Steve

"Ted Edwards" <Ted_Espamless@telus.net> wrote in message 
news:c1.2b8.38Ctdy$01A@news.ecomstation.com...
> Christer Jacobsson wrote:
>> I plan to take a fling at ecs20rc4 this weekend - after the FULL backup

>> which will run at 0700 this morning - installing it a compatibility 
>> partition with the HPFS file system. Suppose now that I find rc4 to be

>> reasonable stable and reliable so that I will install my most needed 
>> applications on ecs20rc4 and the installed apps works well.
>>
>> Now sometime in the future eCs 2.0 GA will be released and I plan to
buy
>> it and install it. Can I so to speak "migrate" my eCs20rc4 to
eCs20 GA so 
>> that the installed apps will run correctly or must I wipe ecs20rc4, 
>> install 2.0 GA and reinstall the applications instead?
>
> From what I've read, migration is an iffy prospect at best.
>
> I have beta 4, RC1 and RC2 installed on three 2GB partitions, .  All my 
> installed apps and data are on other partitions.  Thus when I install RC4,

> hopefully this weekend, I won't have to re-install very many, if any, 
> apps - only the desktop references.  These can all be done in an hour or 
> two.  This is the safest route and provides opportunity to change/improve 
> the setups.
>
> Ted