Thanks for writing back in Michael...
Was starting to think 'poor bloke... he'll think we're ganging up on him'.
Yeah agree... for a 'try and see' it's reasonable to try... agree... for the server... prudent to do the advised way... and reinstall.
I did a FC2 -> FC3 upgrade recently... and it left the system in a mess... (My current desktop.. .waiting for Centos V4 final) ... I ended up reinstalling as a result.
As you previously stated... YMMV.
Cheers,
Matt.
On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 08:31:16 -0700, Michael Best mbest@pendragon.org wrote:
Matt Bottrell wrote:
I'm constantly surprised how many people wish to 'upgrade'.
Historically I've been updating my Linux distro when Redhat still was shipped in nappies. I've learnt pretty early on the following:
I had the option.
I have backups, separate partitions, all that fun stuff.
Mostly, it was more of an informative upgrade.