This will be my first upgrade of RH ever.
Three questions:
1) Nvidia
Will the file /etc/X11/XF86Config get overwritten?
If not, do I need the src iso to get the src kernel to install the driver? (To install the driver for updated kernels, I needed a src kernel -- but not for the orginial kernel distributed with RH8).
Is it easiest to just put the x11 conf file back to Driver "nv" (or Driver "vesa")
instead of and then switch it back to Driver "nvidia" and reinstall after upgrading. IF so, which is it for RH8 nv or vesa?
After upgrading, will my previous list of bootable kernels be gone so that I can't fall back on them.
2) Packages selection
I read the RH manual, but it wasn't clear about what gets upgraded. If I select customize the packages, do I need to have a list of every package that needs to be installed, or will currently installed packages automatically be checked to be included in the upgrade (and then I can just select things like mysql)? If I don't customize the packages, will I end up with the full base install? I need to save my data so I am not talking about a clean install here.
3) Overwritten files.
the manual says .cf files will be backed up. Are there other files that could be overwritten withour being backed up? In other words, if I look at /root/upgrade.log will I find out that .bash_profile, or maybe some font file (I have microsoft Japanese fonts installed and working) or other such niceties replaced with out-of-the-box Shrike stuff.
I DON'T WANT TO DO AN UPGRADE BUT MY CD DRIVE SOMETIMES IS AT scsibus0: 0,0,0 and SOMETIMES AT scsibus1: 1,0,0 AND SOMETIMES CAN'T BE FOUND. People suggested 9 is more stable so....
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