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I had originally upgraded from 3.1.8 to 3.2.0 but had to go back because of VB GUI crashes. When I first brought up my VMs I left the 3.2.0 GA installed. Then I noticed that VMs with 1.5GB of RAM defined were up to 4+GB. I then uninstalled the 3.2.0 GA and installed the 3.1.8 GA and all seemed to be OK.
Now I made the mistake of ungrading to 3.2.4 and also installing the 3.2.4 GA. I need to go back to 3.1.8 to get USB support. Do I have to uninstall the 3.2.4 GA and install the 3.1.8 GA in all of my VMs?
Safest Way To Downgrade From 3.2.4 to 3.1.8
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Re: Safest Way To Downgrade From 3.2.4 to 3.1.8
That would be the best course of action, especially if you are suffering from the same issue as with the 3.2.0 GA.
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Re: Safest Way To Downgrade From 3.2.4 to 3.1.8
I would prefer not to found out so I think I just uninstall the GA from all of the VMs while 3.2.4 is still installed, uninstsall 3.2.4, install 3.1.8 and install the 3.1.8 GA.Sasquatch wrote:That would be the best course of action, especially if you are suffering from the same issue as with the 3.2.0 GA.
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Re: Safest Way To Downgrade From 3.2.4 to 3.1.8
That is the best way to downgrade when you're still able to run the VMs without issues.
But I do wonder why you need to go back to 3.1.8 just for USB. USB works just as fine with 3.2.4 as it does with 3.1.8. It should at least.
But I do wonder why you need to go back to 3.1.8 just for USB. USB works just as fine with 3.2.4 as it does with 3.1.8. It should at least.
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Re: Safest Way To Downgrade From 3.2.4 to 3.1.8
For USB problems see:Sasquatch wrote:But I do wonder why you need to go back to 3.1.8 just for USB. USB works just as fine with 3.2.4 as it does with 3.1.8. It should at least.
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Hit this in 3.2.0:
#6831 Guru meditation (pgmPoolTracDerefGCPhysHint)
I skipped 3.2.2 but there have been numerious reports of problems.
The entire 3.2.x series of releases seem to have major problems.