Reverting to a Previous Version

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claytoncarney
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Reverting to a Previous Version

Post by claytoncarney »

I have encountered a 3D Acceleration problem with 4.2.12 that did not exist in previous versions. I was considering reverting back to 4.2.10 or 4.2.8 to verify that this is a regression issue. However, I've seen mixed opinions on the feasibility of such a action.

Does anyone know with certainty if it is possible to revert to a previous version WITHOUT risking corruption of existing VMs?
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Re: Reverting to a Previous Version

Post by noteirak »

Normally, there are only bug fixes changes between such minor version, so there shouldn't be any compatilbity issues AFAIK.
Regardless, be sure you backup your data before attempting anything like this!
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