Upgrade from RH7.2 -> RH 7.3

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3 total messages Started by al Mon, 12 Aug 2002 22:45

#605

Author: al
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 22:45

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Hi,

Is it possible for me to do an incremental upgrade from
Redhat 7.2. to 7.3 without major difficulties eg. a format ?

I'm happy with Redhat 7.2.  I'm not sure what are the benefits
of upgrading to the newer Redhat.

Thanks for your help !

Re: Upgrade from RH7.2 -> RH 7.3

#606

Author: Ian Northeast
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 23:37

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al wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Is it possible for me to do an incremental upgrade from
> Redhat 7.2. to 7.3 without major difficulties eg. a format ?

In theory, yes, just boot the CD and select upgrade, but..

> I'm happy with Redhat 7.2.  I'm not sure what are the benefits
> of upgrading to the newer Redhat.

why do you want to? If what you have works and does what you want, why
take the risk, however small, of changing it? At least read the
documentation accomanying RH7.3 to see if it will give you any benefit
before starting. And naturally, ensure all valuable data are backed up
first.

Regards, Ian

Re: Upgrade from RH7.2 -> RH 7.3

#607

Author: Nico Kadel-Garcia
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 23:48

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"Ian Northeast" <ian@house-from-hell.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:3D5846BA.C6DF9225@house-from-hell.demon.co.uk...
> al wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Is it possible for me to do an incremental upgrade from
> > Redhat 7.2. to 7.3 without major difficulties eg. a format ?
>
> In theory, yes, just boot the CD and select upgrade, but..
>
> > I'm happy with Redhat 7.2.  I'm not sure what are the benefits
> > of upgrading to the newer Redhat.
>
> why do you want to? If what you have works and does what you want, why
> take the risk, however small, of changing it? At least read the
> documentation accomanying RH7.3 to see if it will give you any benefit
> before starting. And naturally, ensure all valuable data are backed up
> first.

Because if you start grabbing the newer X tools, the 2.4.18 kernel instead
of the older 2.4.9 from RH 7.2, the updated gcc, the new glibc, the security
patches, etc., pretty soon your OS is more patches than distribution. Last
time I checked it was on the order of 200 available update RPM's, and some
of the dependencies were *not* pretty.

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