Re: Upgrading Slackware to RedHat 4.1

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From: Manfred Bartz
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 00:00

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syoung@powerup.com.au (Sid Young) writes:
> If I have installed 1.2.13 slackware kit can I easily upgrade to the 
> Redhat distribution??

NO!

The safest way is to install a the new distribution in a different,
clean partition.  Then you can try it out, configure it, etc....

Once you are happy, your apps work, the data is accessable and
everything else works to your satisfaction - you can wipe the old
stuff.

When I tried RedHat, on a different partition luckily, it entirely wiped
existing /home/username/.... directory trees in that partition for
every username I opened an account for - I was not impressed.
-- 
Manfred Bartz <mbartz@werple.net.au>

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From: Manfred Bartz <mbartz@werple.net.au>
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Date: 1997/03/12
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