http://www.redhat.com/support/manuals/RHL-6.1-Manual/install-guide/s1-cd-rom-gui-installpath.html#S2-CD-ROM-GUI-UPGRADE
I note the 'caution' section in the official manual.
Where you aware of this?
Regards,
Stephen

Vidiot wrote:
> 
> Because the RH6.1 installation blindly went out and reset all of the
> hard disk partition tables, I've lost years worth of work.
> 
> Yes, there is a note on the left that says the Linux data will be lost.
> The LINUX data, not MY data.  Instead of listing all of the Linux partitions
> that it found and asking which ones it can remove, and/or, which ones it
> can use but leave the partitions the same, it blindly destroys.
> 
> That is very nasty and very bad.  Situations could arise where the system needs
> to be reloaded, but not everything needs to be screwed with and RedHat's
> installation totally screwed me.
> 
> Right now I am extremely unhappy with what RedHat's installation did to me.
> 
> The installation MUST be fixed so that disks are not blindly destroyed.
> Little warnings on the left just don't cut it.  Especially when previous
> installations at least gave you the chance to keep a partition from
> being destroyed.
> 
> Another thing, the Disk Druid program still sucks.  That thing has a real
> problem figuring out that when there is 4886 MB left on a disk and you
> give it 4886, that it shouldn't shouldn't complain about there not being
> enough space on the drive for the partiton.  I spent way too much time
> plugging in numbers and managed to get it so that only 1MB was left over.
> That program needs a lot of work.
> 
> Where is FDISK when you need it?
> 
> BTW, before someone says, where are your tape backups... the Exabyte
> drive died.  So, I used the available space on the other drive to backup
> the system, foolishing thinking that the drive would be left alone.
> 
> MB (A very pissed off RedHat user at the moment)
> 
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