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On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 5:36 AM, ToddAndMargo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> I just upgraded from SL 6.6 to 7.1.
>
> ¡Ay, caramba!
>
> 1)  I have to have my backup sata drives removed to boot.
>     SL7 tries to mount them as my 9750-4I raid controller
>     and freezes up.  After booting up I can insert the
>     eSata drive(s).  And do you think I would remember?
>     In other words. I have top boot up twice.
>
> 2)  I can't print an envelope to my Oki B4350.  Paper
>     size mismatch.  CUPS tells my printer that a #10
>     envelope is a B5 piece of paper.  Overriding the prompt
>     from my printer results in a ruined envelope.
>
> 3)  eth0 and eth1 got replaced with enp6so and enp7so,
>     which wasn't entirely unexpected, but what a pain in
>     the butt to re-write my scrips.
>
> 4)  Osmo just beeps at me and throws a
>
>        /etc/gdm/Xsession: err:ntdll:RtlpWaitForCriticalSection
>        section 0x7ba67ba0 "profile.c: PROFILE_CritSect" wait
>        timed out in thread 0009, blocked by 0082, retrying
>        (60 sec)
>
>     So all my tasks in Osmo are useless.  Osmo just says
>     they can not reproduce it.
>
> What a disaster.  :'(

Is there an approved upgrade tool? Or did you use the experimental
adaptation of Fedora's preupgrade/fedup to RHEL and its clones?

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