On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> Throughout the Mandrake documentation, it recommends only going for fresh
> builds, not bothering with upgrades. Now my question is, what is it that
> they're so worried about? Is it really that bad to upgrade from Red Hat 5.1
> to Mandrake 6? Will I hit any brick walls?
>
Well, RedHat 5.1 didn't know about KDE, and it had OLD
versions of many of the library files which may or may NOT
be updated.....
>
> The other option is to perform a kernel
> replacement/recompile, and then add
> in all the extra packages that Mandrake provides. I
> would prefer not to attempt that just yet, I would much
> prefer to figure out if it can be upgraded with the
> CD. Is there anything I should look out for? FYI, I
> will attempt this anyway, it would just be nice to hear
> from anyone who's tried it and succeeded or failed.
>
The problem with doing an "upgrade" is that not everything
will be updated and there's been some SERIOUS changes since
that version of RedHat, even in RedHat 6 there's been some
serious changes! Really would be better to back up your
user directories (or copy 'em to a separate drive, even)
and wipe the system!
John
