Re: ongoing unexpected inconsistancy

On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 01:07:39 +0200
houghi <houghi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

mjt wrote:
Possibly. I always tell folks to do a clean install
when going up a version(s) and to not do an "upgrade".

I always tell people to do an upgrade and if that fails, you can
always do an install.

So a person has wasted their time doing the upgrade
that failed - better to do a clean install the
first time and be done with it ... it takes about
the same amount of time

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