The Nice Spider <thenicespider@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
If I want to upgrade RH8 to FC then which version of
FC should I use?
Is it safe to upgrade from RH to FC? Please share your
experience here to help me.
Your best bet would be to back up any user data and do a clean install.
Since you're still running RH8, you might do better with a RHEL clone
like CentOS that emphasizes stability over "cutting edge."
If I remember correctly, the main difference between RH8 and RH9 was gcc
moving from 2.x to 3.0. This meant that all RH8 binaries were
potentially incompatible with the RH9 kernel. RH8 was primarily a
"revenue release" since it really didn't include anything new above
RH7.3. It probably should have been RH7.4 but then nobody would have
bought it. Current FC releases use gcc 4.1.1.
Bottom line is any custom binaries you had for RH8 will at least need to
be recompiled for Fedora. Any "standard" programs have probably changed
so much or evolved to something different that it's very doubtful that
many settings, rc files, etc. will come forward. Figure out what things
you need to re-implement, copy them off and then do a clean install.
Cheers,
Dave
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