fc3test upgrade to fc3 final

[Timothy Murphy]

On Monday 01 November 2004 18:00, Elliot Lee wrote:

> > And what should be my expectation for rc releases?
>
> The same... "It ain't over till it's over."

This argument about the danger of upgrading is often given,
but I have never seen the opposite danger of a new installation spelt out.

In my experience, the kernel in new installations frequently does not work -
I haven't seen any kernel since Redhat-8.0 which ran
on my not very unusual SCSI-only machine.
I've also had problems with the kernels in new installations
on my Sony Picturebooks.

Perhaps I am atypical, but I have found
that the chances of a new installtion running
are much lower than the chances of an upgrade running -
because I can choose an old kernel I know to work with an upgrade.

Also of course if an upgrade does not work 
one can always try a clean installation,
while the converse is not possible.


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