A.2. Upgrading Your System
The Upgrade Examine screen appears
automatically if the installation program detects a prior version of
Red Hat Linux on your system.
 | Note |
|---|
| | If the contents of your
/etc/redhat-release file have been changed from the
default, your Red Hat Linux installation may not be found when attempting an
upgrade to Red Hat Linux 9. You can relax some of the checks against this file by booting with the
following boot command: Use the linux upgradeany command if
your Red Hat Linux installation was not given as an option to upgrade. |
If you would like to perform an upgrade, select Perform an
upgrade of an existing installation. Be sure to select
Customize packages to be upgraded if you would to
have more control over which packages are upgraded on your
system. Click Next when you are ready to begin
your upgrade.
To perform a new installation of Red Hat Linux on your system, select
Perform a new Red Hat Linux installation and refer to
Chapter 3 Installing Red Hat Linux for further instructions.
