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Re: [SLE] Re: 7.3-->9.2 via Upgrade?
- From: Bruce Marshall <bmarsh@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 10:04:46 -0500
- Message-id: <200412111004.46359.bmarsh@xxxxxxxxxx>
On Saturday 11 December 2004 05:33 am, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> The Friday 2004-12-10 at 15:46 -0600, Joe Morris (NTM) wrote:
> > IMHO, a jump from 7.3 to 9.2 is really too great to do an upgrade. I
> > upgraded from 7.3 to 8.0, then I upgraded my HD to install 8.2. I
> > upgraded my 8.2 heavily (was already running a 2.6 kernel) when I
> > upgraded to 9.1. All my upgrades have been without any big problems, but
> > 7.3 to 9.2 is huge.
>
> I think so. Nevertheless, I would try it... just to learn if it can cope
> O:-)
>
> Of course, with a full backup available.
A good thought.... however it has one downside.
If any problems *do* show up (and they will), you would have a hard time
deciding whether the problem is due to the upgrade being 'huge' or it is a
bug in 9.2 itself. Maybe this is the reason we occasionally hear that <name
your release> is so bad.
> The Friday 2004-12-10 at 15:46 -0600, Joe Morris (NTM) wrote:
> > IMHO, a jump from 7.3 to 9.2 is really too great to do an upgrade. I
> > upgraded from 7.3 to 8.0, then I upgraded my HD to install 8.2. I
> > upgraded my 8.2 heavily (was already running a 2.6 kernel) when I
> > upgraded to 9.1. All my upgrades have been without any big problems, but
> > 7.3 to 9.2 is huge.
>
> I think so. Nevertheless, I would try it... just to learn if it can cope
> O:-)
>
> Of course, with a full backup available.
A good thought.... however it has one downside.
If any problems *do* show up (and they will), you would have a hard time
deciding whether the problem is due to the upgrade being 'huge' or it is a
bug in 9.2 itself. Maybe this is the reason we occasionally hear that <name
your release> is so bad.
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