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. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland