Final release of OS4.1- upgrade or fresh install?

I hope OS4.1 final release will be an upgrade (and not fresh install) as I just finally got my system all loaded and configured up the way I need it

@328gts

Unfortunately, because of some rather major system changes, a fresh install will be recommended.

The "upgrade" option will still be present, and will be tested as strongly as possible, but the pure scope involved in upgrading an OS, it will not be advised, and you take your chances.

Simon

@328gts

But it's not released as a 4.1 final. It's update #1. So that maybe means more updates in the future too??!.

@328gts

I think that the main problme was *when* it will be released not how to install

@Tuxedo

LOL, that's true

@samo79

The longer we wait and the more configuration we do in the meantime, the more the statement by Tuxedo rings true.
Unfortunately, that's the price of progress.

Still it keeps us out of trouble by giving us something to do.

@TiredOfLife

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Yes,but by then you'll know everything you have to change to get the system the way you want. See no problem with this. Makes you more as one with the system.

@Antique

this is true..heck half the fun for me is setting up my Miggys the way I like em anyhow

@328gts

The best way is to have a small partition for the system alone, don't put any other programs on it. Have another partition for all your apps. That way you can replace the whole system at any time without having to reinstall anything.

I would suggest that you create a couple of small partitions (say 500 MB tops) and copy the system onto one of them. Then, when the next system release happens, you can install it onto a new small system partition, copy across your prefs settings and Bob's your Uncle. If you need to go back to the old system at any time, it's always there, you only have to change the boot priority and reboot.

In fairness, the "Upgrade" option on the CD will handle user preferences and simple stuff like that. The problem is the sheer number of ways in which the user can change the system, and there is no way the CD installer can accomodate every possibility.

The less hacked around your system is, the better the chance of the Upgrade option handling it. Some users like to chop up startup scripts, and generally hack around moving system directories and this is something that no installer can foresee.

It is for this reason that the upgrade option is not recommended, but you can take your chance. As always, you should backup any files you feel important before attempting any system changes.

Simon

@Rigo

A new fresh install of an AmigaOS-Update is new to me. I never ever did this before, all updates before (2.1 -> 3.1 -> 3.5 -> 3.9) I did over the old install - sometimes with this or that manually. It worked mostly right out of the box. Of course all my OS installations are rather clean and not much "reworked".

So I will try to make a bootable CD image of my current OS4.1 setup - just in case...

@Rigo
Fair enough..thanks for the explanation

@ tonyw

what you suggested is how I have almost always set up my Amigas but I guess the safe bet is just to make backups and do a fresh install as recommended