On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, doug piper wrote: > Thanks Ed, > > I realize that what you are saying is right on but I have a hard time believing > that Linux people would be so forgetting of what was happening a year to a > year and a half ago. This seems like the ultimate of the Microsoft philisophy, > i.e. f**k them if they did upgrade and if they didn't upgrade then f**k them > doubly.. > > I will do a fresh install of 7.2. I have no problem backing up files on my Linux > hard drive although I haven't done so previously as I can still mount all of my > linux drives and backup any data which is important to my Windows drive using > Linux rescue. But it does seem kinda extreme.
I'll disagree with Ed here, I mostly do upgrades and have had very little problem. Granted, right after the upgrade there is usually some minor tweaking and maybe a recompile or two, especially when jumping major numbers. That said, I've had some problems with RH 7.2 and a trashed ext3 journal file while booting. I think you can save your current system, you need to boot rescue and get the file system to fsck. As I recall, reverting to ext2 didn't help in my situation, but recreating the ext3 journal did. My specific situation was cloning an install of 7.2 to new drives. Hang in there, think and take your time, you'll get the system back. Bill Carlson -- Systems Programmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Anything is possible, Virtual Hospital http://www.vh.org/ | given time and money. University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics | Opinions are mine, not my employer's. | _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
