At Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:26:08 +0000 CentOS mailing list <centos@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>
> I am currently running CentOS 4.5 (which, through many Yum updates) now appears to be CentOD 4.8.
>
> 4.8 is still rather old, but I havbe lots of stuff (files and stuff installed). I would like to install Fedora but I am worried about losing
> all the stuff I have. I would have to back everything up, uninstall/reinstall
> things, etc. I am wondering whether there is some way to upgrade to Fedora
> from CentOS without just having to reinstall everything?
You really *should* back everything up and do a fresh install of Fedora
(or CentOS 5.5), then re-install your extra packages. You really don't
want to upgrade in place, unless you really, really, know what you are
doing and/or are willing to live with various (subtle) problems caused
by possibly incompatible 'leftover' packages.
Hint: Having a separate file system for /home is a *good* thing. Having
/usr/local on a separate file system also is gravey on the side... (for
web servers /var/www, for mail servers /var/spool/mail, etc.).
>
> - Done.
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> CentOS mailing list
> CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx
> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
>
>
--
Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933
Deepwoods Software -- Download the Model Railroad System
http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows
heller@xxxxxxxxxxxx -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem/
_______________________________________________
CentOS mailing list
CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
