Re: Newbie question upgrading Redhat 5.2

[ray beckler <rbeckler@erols.com>]

Greg,

I did the same thing.   Just installed 5.2 in March.

With my only net access being a 56kb modem, I purchased the 6.0 CD.  RedHat
has an upgrade option on the CD that's pretty painless.  I had to rebuild my
kernel to match what I had on 5.2, but other than that it was a breeze.
(the new kernel is big, I had to use make bzImage)

You could download everything but to me the $60 (BestBuy) was worth it.
Just boot with the floppy, insert the CD, choose upgrade and you're done in
a half hour.  I don't remember if I chose it, but it did change my window
manager to Gnome/Enlightenment.  (it's pretty nice.)


ray

Greg Weber wrote:

> I am new to Linux .  Have  Redhat 5.2 up and running (2.0.36).  Silly me
> did not realize that 6.0 was coming out the following week.  Received
> mail from Redhat indicating that I can upgrade to 6.0 for free from the
> FTP site.  So... a couple of silly questions.
>
> 1.  Is upgrading by downloading advisable?  I found the Kernel upgrade
> documentaion and it seems pretty straightforward.
>
> 2.  I assume that I upgrade the Kernel first  and then either have to or
> choose to upgrade other components?
>
> 3.  Any advice on upgrading RH Linux?
>
> 4.   Maybe it is not worth upgrading although I'd like the latest before
> settling in.  Comments?
>
> Thanks for your time.
>
> Greg
>
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