Re: Kernel Upgrade

["K. Arun" <arun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jul 27, 1999 at 03:42:59PM +0530, Prasanna Venkatesh P. said:
 
 => 	We are running RH 5.2 on our Departmental Computer Facility
 => server on which quite a few machines are dependant. We plan to upgrade the
 => kernel and a few other things to the RH 6 release. I tried doing this at
 => home but could not. Can you please give me proper guidance and
 => PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES to be taken when I do this? The work may be done
 => overnight when nothing else is going on.

	Speaking for myself, I'd suggest 'avoid'. Generally speaking,
any RH x.y release where y == 0 doesn't inspire confidence, and 6.0 is
no exception. We ran into problems straight away when we tried it here
on the main server, a Compaq Deskpro. /var filling up mysteriously,
random lock-ups, sendmail problems, we had them all. Reverting to 5.2
solved most of them. 
	
<plug>
	You could try Debian 2.1. Stable as a rock, unmatched
range of packages. And getting it in Madras shouldn't be a problem at
all. :).
</plug>

						-arun

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