Stephen Gava wrote:
>
> Hello there,
>
> I apologise if this issue has already been raised recently on this list,
> but I've just joined, and I couldn't find this subject in a quick look
> at the archive. I also tried the newsgroup with this but didn't get any
> 'nibbles'.
>
> I'm thinking of standardising several Linux machines on a lan by
> installing Mandrake 6.0 on them.
>
> I realise I'll have to start from scratch with the one Slackware
> machine, but I was wondering, since Mandrake says it is 99.9% RedHat
> compatible, whether I can upgrade the RedHat machines directly to
> Mandrake 6.0? A couple of the machines in question are running RedHat
> 5.2, and at least one is running RedHat 6.0.
>
> Does anyone out there know of any particular problems I might strike, or
> any particular issues I should be wary of, in attemtpting to upgrade
> Mandrake 6.0 over these RedHat 5.2 and 6.0 machines??
>
Personnally i have upgraded from mandrake 5.3 (similar to RH52) to 6.0 and i
got no problems. I heard people with customized configuration who got a
painful upgrade.
I recommend to save /etc and /home and do a fresh install.
Jacques
