[CLUE-Tech] redhat upgrade

[Ed Hill]

On Sat, 2002-12-07 at 15:00, Jason S. Friedman wrote:
> I've got the three RedHat 8.0 discs in hand, and an existing box
> running 7.3.
> 
> A few weeks ago I tried upgrading my kernel, ran into problems, and
> stopped.  I have a suspicion that if I power down my box I will have
> problems re-booting it.


> So, I want to upgrade, but do not want to turn off my box.  Do I have
> any options?


Hi Jason,

Are you worried that theres a power problem with the hardware (thus
causing failed boots) or are you worried that the kernel(s) that are
shipped with Red Hat 8 won't boot correctly on your HW?

If its the latter concern, then do you have a spare hard disk that you
could swap into the box while you swap out the existing one?

If so, then you could do a fresh (perhaps minimal) install on the new
drive and see if the machine boots and works correctly.  This would be a
very safe way to test how well RH 8 works on that system since, at any
time, its a snap to swap in the old hard drive and have your existing
system back *exactly* the way that it was when you last used it.

I used to use this approach when installing Red Hat versions 5.x/6.x/7.0
on my workstation since, back then, the upgrade option often didn't work
well.  With hard disks in the <$100 range this is a bargain considering
the peace-of-mind that it provides.

good luck!
Ed


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