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Subject: Notes on Upgrading from 6.1 to 6.2 via iso image.
From: "John P. Verel" <jverel@home.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2000 14:32:25 -0500
Just some minor notes to report on this upgrade.
First, most important: It went just fine! Virtually uneventful. One
thing I do not understand is given this was an upgrade, why was I
asked where I wanted LILO?
My 6.1 install was a custom/select all packages, the upgrade from the
iso image from University of Wisconsin. I selected upgrade, taking
all packages.
Three VERY minor items, fwiw:
kuzdu was switched back on; I'd turned it off. kudzu also reported
my nic card as new...which it was not. I said, "Ignore", it ignored.
All went fine.
httpd was also turned back on, now turned off.
The kernel was properly upgraded. However, as with the 6.1 install, I
was given two kernels, one for an smp configuration, which was made
the default. Problem is this is a single processor machine. I do
believe (I'll check to be sure) that there is a slot for a second
processor (Dell P-III 733 Workstation 220). Most likely, the
installer detects slots, not processors? Both kernels boot, the
non-smp being the better one.
So, minor points, noted fwiw.
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Subject: Re: Notes on Upgrading from 6.1 to 6.2 via iso image.
From: Trevor Astrope <astrope@e-corp.net>
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2000 15:36:07 -0500 (EST)
> The kernel was properly upgraded. However, as with the 6.1 install, I
> was given two kernels, one for an smp configuration, which was made
> the default. Problem is this is a single processor machine. I do
> believe (I'll check to be sure) that there is a slot for a second
> processor (Dell P-III 733 Workstation 220). Most likely, the
> installer detects slots, not processors? Both kernels boot, the
> non-smp being the better one.
I had the opposite problem where I did not get an smp kernel on my dual
p3-650 Netfinity 5000 system. In all fairness to the upgrade, 6.1 didn't
detect it as a smp system either, but I had compiled my own kernel with
smp support.
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Subject: Re: Notes on Upgrading from 6.1 to 6.2 via iso image.
From: "Arda Tunccekic" <arda@duzen.com.tr>
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 10:00:30 +0300
No single problem with PIII-600 , Asus P2B-DS board with the U2W scsi
controller.
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Subject: Re: Upgrade from 6.1 to 6.2
From: russb@starpower.net
Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 01:44:52 -0400 (EDT)
On Tue, 23 May 2000, Mobeen Azhar wrote:
> Hello all, I have a rather newbie question, so please bear with me! I
> just purchased and installed RedHat Linux 6.1 and everything is up and
> running fine - so far! I would like to upgrade to RedHat Linux 6.2.
> Is there a way to download just the deltas and upgrade the system? or
> does it require me to either buy 6.2 or download the whole 6.2 image?
Go to ftp://ftp.kaybee.org:/pub/redhat/RPMS/noarch/ and download the latest
version of autorpm. It will download rpm files automatically, and upgrade
them for you. It won't install anything that you don't already have running
(unless you tell it to,) and won't install any kernel rpm packages (which
you REALLY DON'T want it to do.) If you use diald like I do, then it can
upgrade your packages while you sleep.
Download and install the kernel manually after reading the docs
telling you howto.
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Subject: RE: Upgrade from 6.1 to 6.2
From: Uncle Meat <kcsmart@worldinter.net>
Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 21:31:36 -0500 (CDT)
On 24-May-00 Mobeen Azhar - moby opined:
> Thanks for the reply. I am afraid my question is really what is it that
> I
> need to download, rather than where to download it from. I do I find out
> exactly which RPMs I need to download to get from 6.1 to 6.2?
>
> Sorry about the confusion,
At a prompt:
rpm -qa | less
That will show you a list of everything you have installed via rpm (only
rpm). If you need something you can print or just look at later:
rpm -qa > list
will make a list of all installed rpms. You can then use that list however
you wish to download upgrades to your system, eliminate some of them or
whatever you want to do with it.
I'd say, download everything into a single directory (except for kernel
rpms - put them separately). Then (assuming they are the only things in the
directory) do:
rpm -Uvh *
As for the kernel, there's a good howto on redhat's site explaining how to
perform that upgrade. NEVER EVER UPGRADE A KERNEL WITH THE NORMAL UPGRADE
PROCESS (rpm -U kernel*)!!!!!!!!!
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