FC1 to FC3

Res res at ausics.net
Sat Oct 23 21:39:27 UTC 2004


On Sat, 23 Oct 2004, Jeff Ratliff wrote:

> I used my old FC1 system as a test system for FC3. I initially upgraded
> FC1 to FC3t1 and had no problems. I'm using an nVidia chipset and nVidia
> graphics card reverted to the stock FC drivers rather than
> the nVidia proprietary ones, because it was less trouble for future
> updates. X11 to Xorg change wasn't even noticeable. As others have
> pointed out, proprietary drivers may give you a few headaches.
>
> I still prefer a fresh install (with a backup just in case) to an
> upgrade, but if you have to upgrade it'll probably work.


Great to hear thanks! I've typically run upgrades on my personal desktops, 
the only times an upgrade failed was a very early RH (so long ago I cant 
reembmer) and from RH7.3 direct to FC1, the time I spent fixing 
it would have been faster to fresh install and rebuild my other non RH/FC
stuff.


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Regards,
Res




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