Re: [SLUG] Has anyone *upgraded* from RH 7.2 to RH 7.3?

["Alan L Tyree" <alant@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>> 
>> If you have, was it smooth sailing or tricky?  Did it wipe out all your
>> local configuration (/etc stuff), or preserve it?  (Guess it depends on
>> what RH considers "upgrade" to mean.)
>> 
>> I have /home and /usr/local on a separate partition from /.

I did an upgrade from a not-very-old 7.2 installation. Went quite
smoothly as I recall. But then I never had any problem with 7.2.

>> 
>> I think I'm beating my head against a brick wall trying to stop X
>> locking up my system by upgrading to XFree86 4.2.0 from RH 7.3.  Maybe
>> it's easier to upgrade the whole system?
>> 
>> Or even, to wait a little longer till 7.4 is released.

I would probably wait - everyone seems to be raving about 7.4

>> 
>> But it really rankles that my Linux machine crashes quite reliably, and
>> my wife's old Windows 95 system is *in comparison* quite robust.

It's hell when life refuses to follow the script!

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