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Upgrading Your linux Distribution mini-HOWTO
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13. Run the new linux installation.

There are already several good documents describing how to do this, so I'm not going into any detail. Continue from here when the new system can boot from its hard disk.

Along the way, be sure to make a floppy that you can boot as well, since the kernel that the linux setup installs has to be replaced and accidents can happen during that process. Be sure to install the development packages and the kernel source.

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Delete the linux partitions with fdisk and recreate them.   Restore configuration data to the /etc directory and subdirectories.

 
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