On Thu, 2005-03-10 at 16:53 -0600, Scott Heisler wrote:
> I have a server and I'd love to upgrade to Centos. It's not totally
> custom but does have a working 3ware array. The hardware is rock solid.
> Is it smart to do an "upgrade" using YUM or do I really need to do a
> clean install. I have about 60 users on this box along with about 30
> shares. Re-Doing this would not be much fun.
>
> Before I make a recommendation to the client, I thought I would get all
> of your opinions on an upgrade vs. new install. Normally, I much prefer
> new installs... However with the amount of work required here and the
> probability of a mistake, I thought I would consider an actual upgrade
> instead.
If you do an upgrade, an anaconda "upgradeany" approach would be far
better than attempting it with yum - kernel, selinux, and perhaps
filesystems, would be highly problematic. I'd try installing on a new
disk, or on alternate partitions, with potential to boot back to the old
system, then migrating system settings and user information. Also,
expect a lot of user stuff to break with new Gnome/KDE/...
See message below for some additional thoughts.
Good luck,
Phil
-------- Forwarded Message --------
> From: Phil Schaffner <Philip.R.Schaffner@xxxxxxxx>
> To: FreshRPMS <freshrpms-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Bcc: P.R.Schaffner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: migrate to fedora without data loss
> Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 08:46:16 -0400
> On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 09:12 +0200, Christian Eichert wrote:
> > Hallo
> >
> > maybe this question has been asked before.
> > in this case sorry for that.
> >
> > I am using RH9 and would like to migrate to fedora without data loss
> > using ayo if possible. if it is not possible i will continue using RH9.
> >
> > is there any officially/inofficialy migrating tool
>
> Some advice has indicated that the best upgrade path is RHx -> FC1 ->
> FC2 (as of Tuesday July 13 FC3text1 is out). In any case the advice in
> the following message from the fedora-list may be useful, including the
> link to join (or unsubscribe) the (rather busy - fair warning) list.
>
> Phil(My, but I'm feeling parenthetical today! :-)Schaffner
>
> On Thu, 2004-07-08 at 00:31 +0300, Panu Matilainen wrote:
> > Subject: Re: Can I use apt-get to upgrade my Fedora Core 1 to FC2?
> > On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 21:05, Satish Balay wrote:
> > > On Wed, 7 Jul 2004, Samsara Zeal wrote:
> > >
> > > > I am wondering if I can upgrade my current FC1 to the new FC2 by
> > using
> > > > apt-get directly?
> > > > Is there any successful examples?
> > > > Any suggestions? Any risks?
> > >
> > > Not sure about apt - but there are some instructions for yum at:
> > > http://linux.duke.edu/~skvidal/misc/fc1-fc2-yum-hints.txt
> >
> >
> > For FC1 -> FC2 apt upgrades see
> > http://laiskiainen.org/apt/misc/fc1-fc2-apt-hints.txt
> > (and if you have a strange sense of dejavu, yes it's based on the yum
> > upgrade hints text, the issues are very much the same with both)
> >
> > Bottom line: if your system uses LVM, just FORGET IT, it's going to be
> > a
> > mess. Otherwise you just need to tinker a little bit more than when
> > upgrading with anaconda and mind you, even anaconda leaves some loose
> > ends to fix on FC1->2 upgrade.
> >
> > - Panu -
> >
> >
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