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Full Discussion: Linux - update/upgrade
Operating Systems Linux Red Hat Linux - update/upgrade Post 302465862 by mark54g on Sunday 24th of October 2010 05:23:06 PM
Old 10-24-2010
Most times, you cannot roll back. However, you should have a good backup of your system if you intend to do an upgrade.

One method involves pulling a mirrored drive before the upgrade and then recovering by removing the drive where the upgrade failed and booting from the original mirror drive.
 

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