RH update

[Roger H. Goun]

On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 07:04:43PM -0500, you wrote:
> I haven't tried Redhat's upgrade option since Redhat 2.1, back around 
> 1995 if I recall correctly. I had gotten the 2.1 CD at a GNHLUG meeting 
> at UNH, the night of Linus' talk, and I used it to upgrade a server that 
> was running Caldera Preview Release II. I believe the Caldera beta was 
> based on Redhat 2.0. 
> 
> That upgrade essentially trashed the system, and I had to do a fresh 
> install on it to recover. Fortunately I had backed up the system right 
> before trying the upgrade.

In my experience, it hasn't gotten any better. Now and then I'll try
an upgrade that ought to be easy, such as RHL 7.2 -> 7.3. I'm
constantly amazed at the subtle ways the installer finds to screw up.

I tried a fresh RHL 8.0 install on my laptop. Everything worked fine
except that my Cisco Aironet 340 Wi-Fi card wouldn't associate with
the access point. No amount of fiddling with various versions of the
driver helped. I suspect that the problem had something to do with
changes in the networking startup sequence, such that the card didn't
have enough initialization time, but judicious use of 'sleep' didn't
help either, and I eventually went back to 7.3.

-- Roger

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Roger H. Goun                  Brentwood Country Animal Hospital, P.C.
Chief Kennel Officer           Exeter, New Hampshire, USA
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