i never do the upgrade, because there's too many hassles involved in getting your third-party software to work. You're better off just doing a fresh install. It'll wipe out everything you've got on the disk; but it's a lot easier reinstalling your software than trying to get it to work with the new libraries.
Michael Martinez System Administrator (Contractor) Information Systems and Technology Management CSREES - United States Department of Agriculture (202) 720-6223 > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen Carville [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 5:20 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Upgrading RH > > > Terry Unger said: > > > > Hello, > > > > I am debating whether or not to upgrade my system from 7.1 to 7.2 or > > maybe > > 7.3. > > If I just run the cd at boot time and do a 72 install over > my 71, will > > it just update the rpms or is it going to wipe out the old setup? > > I am a little concerned about my current setup...like, is my current > > inittab of smb.conf etc., going to retain my customized settings. > > > > I'd appreciate any input from you on success/misshaps you might have > > had. > > Depends on several things. For the most part, I've had no problems > with upgrades and I've upgraded several 7.0 servers to 7.2. > Confguration files should always be backed up but rpm is > pretty good at > saving the old file as <file>.rpmsave or the new one as <file>.rpmnew. > However, upgrading -- say -- 7.0 to 7.2 with Raid 0 can be a little > frightening. Also, if you have installed any software not on the > Redhat disks, it may need to be reinstalled after the upgrade because > of changes in the libraries. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Seawolf-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list > _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
