-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 29-Oct-2002/09:41 -0500, Vincent Santamauro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I've never upgraded a Linux box before, and I have a machine I need to >upgrade from 6.2 to 8.0. Will this box upgrade, or do I have to perform a >clean install? Are there any other considerations I should have besides >data backup?
I have heard both good and bad stories about upgrading. I have work to do with my computers, so I don;t like to waste time fixing unforseen problems related to upgrading. I always backup what I need to keep, then do a reinstall without touching the /home or /usr/local partitions. Tony - -- Anthony E. Greene <mailto:agreene@;pobox.com> OpenPGP Key: 0x6C94239D/7B3D BD7D 7D91 1B44 BA26 C484 A42A 60DD 6C94 239D AOL/Yahoo Chat: TonyG05 HomePage: <http://www.pobox.com/~agreene/> Linux: the choice of a GNU Generation. <http://www.linux.org/> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Anthony E. Greene 0x6C94239D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> iD8DBQE9vsbWpCpg3WyUI50RAsmWAKCs5drnwO0iHxFmpbPcq3fYzenp4wCfZEf0 Q5TjanZGcDyJhJlxTHStN8k= =Frnl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
