Re: Upgrade

[Will Newton <nospam [at] south-of-heaven.demon.co.uk>]

> How does one upgrade from RedHat 5.2 to RedHat 6.1? I think I know about
> straightforward kernel upgrades (it tells me in Linux Answers!) but I
> suspect there is a lot more to it in this case as there seem to be quite
> a few differences in libraries and supplemental programs. Would it be
> easiest to just boot the machine from a new 6.1 boot disk and install as
> though it is a fresh installation (except that I suspect this way would
> lose other programs I have loaded) or is there a simpler way? I don't
> seem to be able to find a relevant HOWTO. Thanks.

Upgrading by hand is no picnic. Dependencies mean you have to upgrade
lot's of very peripheral programs if you upgrade say slang or newt.
For a kernel only upgrade, make sure you get the new modutils, binutils
(preferable), mount, util-linux and check
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/Changes

BTW, am I the only one that doesn't like RH6.1? Hardware detection on boot
up etc. Unnecessary. I think I might have a go with Stampede.

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