On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 11:07:25PM +0100, Grzegorz Witkowski wrote: > On Tue, 2011-05-31 at 15:17 -0400, fred smith wrote: > > On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 01:04:21PM -0400, John Dalbec wrote: > > > Is there an upgrade path from 32 to 64 bit other than a complete > > > reinstall of the OS? > > > > > Thanks, > > > John Dalbec > > > Software Specialist 2 > > > Youngstown State University > > > > Yes, I'd like to do this, too. Advice will be appreciated by both > > me AND the OP. > > > > OTOh, if I'm forced to do a fresh install to get there, how can I > > retain my existing RAID-1 setup without having to re-crete the entire > > mechanism? > > > > Specifically, I'm currently at 5.6 and will be updating, when I do it, > > to 6.x. <snip> > Hi, > > It is not recommended to upgrade from 5.x to 6.x. > Check Installation Guide. <snip> > In regards of RAID, are you talking about the software or hardware RAID? Linux software RAID. Sorry I failed to mention that. > Hardware RAID should stay intact and retain data if you will not select > to format the virtual disk when you do just a fresh install. > Anaconda should recognize all the current partitions during the install, > so you should not need even to reconfigure any of the disks/volumes if > required. I would recommend to not have any external storage attached > during reinstallation, just for the sake of the safety :) > In regards of the software RAID here is a nice reading: Recovery of RAID > and LVM2 Volumes http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8874 > Of course all depends on specific configuration also, so always be > prepared for the worst. Backup! ;) Thanks for the resource pointer, I'll go read that! -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- .---- Fred Smith / ( /__ ,__. __ __ / __ : / / / / /__) / / /__) .+' Home: fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx / / (__ (___ (__(_ (___ / :__ 781-438-5471 -------------------------------- Jude 1:24,25 --------------------------------- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
