On Tue, 25 Mar 2003 00:36:02 -0800, Jim Wilferling wrote > Alright, so I'm annoyed. Just learning linux, and I've gone > through 7.2, 8.0, and was anticipating 8.1. so now there's 9.0, so > what....I've tried to install 8.1 beta rpms, and there were worse > problems than there were with 8.0. So we cope....I'm not about to > switch distros so quickly, just cause of some version hullaboo. But > I want the new release, If it contains gnome 2.2. Heres the rub. > When they say binary incompatable, will my /home dir, which is its > own partition, mess up a new9.0 istall? should I delete all my > /home/Jim/.* files? And does this binary incompatability mean that I > wont ever be able to just upgrade rpms on the fly? If not, is there > a way to mount a disc image without it being on a disc? (I dont have > a burner.) Basically, I'm game, But does it brown the food?
I am a little confused now. Does all this discussion mean that no RH 8.1 will be released? If one goes from 8.0 to 9.0 should it be from scratch (argg...)? If not, will the migration be stable (I worry about old items hanging around corrupting the new stuff)? TIA, Mike. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
