[plug] Debian V Redhat for server

[Tony Clark]

"Anthony J. Breeds-Taurima" wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 20 Oct 1999, Bevan Broun wrote:
> 
> > on Wed, Oct 20, 1999 at 06:27:56AM +0000, Christian <christian at global.net.au> wrote:
> > > I've heard countless horror stories about Red Hat upgrades
> >
> > And Ive experianced them first hand. Always a fresh install with redhat.
> 
> As long as you are upgrading within major version mine always go smoothly
> 
> ie
> 6.0->6.1 was a dream
> 5.0->5.1->5.2 wsn't quite as nice BUT nothing broke
> 
> I never upgraded anything from 2.1, 3.03, 4.0, 4.1 or 4.2. BUT I have heard
> horror stories.

The main problem is upgrading single packages and finding the
dependencies that need to be done as well.  Then you got to do them in
the right order as well  :)

I have never looked at this, but is there a way to do a complete upgrade
on RH without having to boot the system off an install disk.  Normally I
just use a boot disk to get it all going, but that can be a problem
sometimes.  Like the one I'm going to do next weekend..

Tony.

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