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Re: Upgrading RH5.1 -> 5.2
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jan Carlson)
Wed Dec 2 15:56:28 1998
Date: Wed, 02 Dec 1998 15:32:46 -0500
From: Jan Carlson <janc@iname.com>
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Orlando San Martin wrote:
> Thanks for previous info.
>
> I just got my CD from Cheap Bytes with RH 5.2 and I'm ready to do the
> upgrade ??.
>
> Where should I start ??.
0. Write down or print out the output from
# df
so you know what partition mounts where.
1. Make sure you have at least 30% free space in
each of your filesystems. (Maybe you just have one.)
If you don't have enough free space, de-install
some rpm packages. You can put them back
later, from the new CD, as space allows.
2. Make a boot floppy from boot.img
3. Boot from the boot floppy.
4. Read carefully and proceed until it shows "Upgrade or Install?"
5. Select Upgrade
6. Have a beer when it starts updating all the rpms.
Reboot when done.
7. Examine each /etc/*.rpmsave file.
Compare each one with its corresponding conf file.
Make any fixes in conf files that the upgrade process
did wrong or missed.
The more changes and custom setup you did before,
the more conf fixes you might need to make.
No changes are needed if you are lucky.
That's all!
>
> Any suggestions to help me climb my steep learning curve ??.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jan Carlson <janc@iname.com>
> To: redhat-list@redhat.com <redhat-list@redhat.com>
> Cc: Orlando San Martin <smorland@online.no>
> Date: Thursday, November 26, 1998 1:36 AM
> Subject: Re: Upgrading RH5.1 -> 5.2
>
> >Hi Orlando,
> >
> >I've done the 5.1 to 5.2 upgrade - others on this list have too.
> >
> >Upgrading 5.1 to 5.2 does work fine.
> >
> >It is also easier than installing all the 5.1 upgrades.
> >
> >Do the upgrade using a 5.2 CD if possible.
> >The price is US$2.00 from www.cheapbytes.com.
> >
> >Downloading the 5.2 files is possible, but painful:
> >. File and directory names must be exact.
> >. Permissions must be correct.
> >. Symbolic links must be correct.
> >. It's 500 megabytes.
> >
> >You don't need create disk partitions when you upgrade.
> >
> >After you upgrade, you must check all the *rpmsave files,
> >and fix things the upgrade missed.
> >
> >--
> >
> >Jan Carlson
> >janc@iname.com Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
> >Mailed with Netscape 4.5 on Red Hat Linux 5.2
> >
> >
> >
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