----- Original Message ----- From: J=
onathan Claxton
Sent: Monday=
, November 11, 2002 9:17 PM
To:<=
/B> Phoenix Linux Users Group
Su=
bject: Re: RH 8.0 woes
On Mon, 11 Nov 2002=
, Lynn David Newton wrote:
>
> Over the weekend I "upgra=
ded" my system from RH 7.2 to
> 8.0. I can't remember, in 19 years =
of Unix system
> experience, seeing so many things break as a resul=
t of
> an upgrade. I won't bore the list with a litany of
> d=
etails; suffice it to say it's been an interesting
> weekend.
&g=
t;
I been using RH since about 4.1 release and then one thing tha=
t I always
do is install it to another "root" partition rather doing t=
he upgrade.
My setup is such that I have two root partitions that=
I install to. This
way, I don't ever do an upgrade. If there is a pro=
blem, I just go back to
the other root parition while I figure out wha=
t to do with the new install
and then do it or redo it. This way I don=
't ever touch the running root
patition until I switch over.
I=
guess me working with Mainframe disk volumes kinda steered me this way.<=
BR>In the IBM mainframe world, when one does an ipl(boot), it's from a di=
sk
volume. A disk volume is kinda like a disk partition in the PC worl=
d. Of
course, in the PC world, the boot is done from the first disk dr=
ive or a
floopy drive or from a CD drive or even a tape drive but it's=
the same
principle.