[OpenAFS] how to upgrade to 1.3.x ?

Derrick J Brashear shadow@dementia.org
Thu, 22 Jan 2004 15:26:56 -0500 (EST)


Reply to the list, not me, please.

> > or do you mean copy from the old system to the new system, in which case,
> > the KeyFile, and then after it's up, vos move all the data
> >
> >
> Many thanks. You have answered my question partially.
> I have very strange problems with this system (can't mount /afs (22))
> whenever I change a bit - I can't even upgrade the linux kernel.

can mean many things, but the base cause is it failed to mount root.afs at
/afs.

> Since it is still based on glibc-2.2, I intend to install a recent
> system onto a different partition.
> Now the question is about pros and cons of copying (meta) data from
> /usr/afs/etc (e.g.) to the new partition or just reload all or part
> of a recent beackup tape.

if you're replacing the same system, keep /usr/afs/db/* and
/usr/afs/etc/*, and replace the binaries, keep the vice partitions intact.