[TriLUG] upgrade or reinstall?

H. Wade Minter trilug@trilug.org
Wed, 7 Aug 2002 09:03:48 -0400


On Tuesday, August 6, 2002, at 11:22  PM, Thunder Bear wrote:

> FWIW, most of my Red Hat upgrades have been disastrous.  Make a full
> backup!
>

And for the counterpoint, I can't recall ever having any problems with 
an upgrade.  It's always good advice to make a backup before doing any 
major system work, though (at least a backup of your home directory and 
any other non-system stuff).