On Thu, Sep 14, 2000 at 08:54:15PM -0400, Kurt A. Brust wrote:
> Sorry, but going from 5.x to 6.x , does (IN REALITY) need to be fresh
> installed... the install overites just about everything... dont mean to burst
> your bubble...
I can't imagine what you're talking about here...
I did a fresh install of 5.2 in Jan 1999, then did an upgrade to 6.2
on top of that in may 2000. It's what I'm running now, in fact.
The upgrade went with no hitches.
As always there are a few packages I've installed myself which are
sensitive to kernel revision that need to be rebuilt, and a few places
where a config file needs to be tweaked. These are NOT unusual with an
in-place upgrade.
What the OP doesn't seem to be telling us is WHAT IT IS THAT WENT WRONG
and which REQUIRES a reinstall to avoid?
Fred
> On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, you wrote:
> > On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, Smith, Jonathan wrote:
> >
> > > To make a long store shot, redhat tech. support now tells me that I
> > > have to format my drive and do a server install to get everything to
> > > work right. Is this true. each time a new version of linux comes out
> > > am I going to have to delete everything and reinstall???
> >
> > Making a long story short doesn't help people solve your problems :)
> > Give some detail and perhaps someone can help you out.
> >
> > To answer your question, no. You should not have to do a clean install of
> > Red Hat Linux in order for it to work correctly. I've done several
> > upgrades without any major trouble.
> >
> > MSG
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