On 08/24/2015 05:31 AM, Tom H wrote:
> 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?
>

Hi Tom,

I did a full wipe and reinstall.  Used
    SL-7-Everything-Dual-Layer-DVD-x86_64-2015-04-07-7.1.iso

-T


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