Rick Graves wrote:
John,
I did not hear back from you right away. Maybe doing all the combinations is too big a job for one person. It might work if we split them up.
Details of each procedure should be split up but we need somewhere to collect all the info. I don't think we need to rush it.
I started a web page to collect my ideas http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/centos-2/migration.htm
Obviously it is just a start. I thinking a semi intelligent 'wizard' where you select your current OS and either acceptable upgrade methods OR target OS and it will spit out the procedure.
Each procedure could have a forum where people can contribute feedback, like they do with the php manual.
I think a plan of attack is to collect information while we wait for the new web site to appear. Hopefully that will minimize duplication of effort.
I could do these two:
RedHat 9 -> reinstall CentOS-3.1 RedHat 9 -> live update to CentOS-3.1
I think this will be a popular procedure so it would be good to have this well documented. I know there is some information on this already though I have not tried it out.
Another thing I might have a play with is a family tree. That might help people see the differences between versions.
John.
I am volunteering for these because I already have RedHat 9 and CentOS-3.1 CD's.
The only rub is on Saturday I go on vacation, and at the end of August I will be back to where I have my computer junk. I could do those two in early September.
Any other volunteers for any of the other combinations?
My offer to work it all into the web site still stands.
Rick
--- Rick Graves gravesricharde@yahoo.com wrote:
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 06:13:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Rick Graves gravesricharde@yahoo.com Subject: Re: migration center To: centos@caosity.org
John,
Would you like to take a first crack at the text for the migration center? You could then run it by this group.
If we get something that is good enough not to get shot down here, I will work it into the web site.
If we decide to go with separate sites, the text could just be copied over, so there would be no wasted effort.
Rick
--- centos-request@caosity.org wrote:
Message: 8 Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 09:28:57 +1000 From: John Newbigin jn@it.swin.edu.au To: centos@caosity.org Subject: Re: [Centos] suggestions for CentOS
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I think another thing we should have is a 'migration centre' which can help people decide what product and procedure to use to upgrade from various distros.
Something along the lines of: RedHat 7.2 -> reinstall with CentOS-2 -> reinstall with CentOS-3.1 -> reinstall with cAos -> live update to CentOS-2 RedHat 9 -> reinstall CentOS-3.1 -> live update to CentOS-3.1 RHEL 2.1 -> live update to CentOS-2 RHEL 3 -> live update to CentOS-3
And I am sure there are more. For each procedure, instructions and pitfalls etc can be listed, perhaps with community feedback etc.
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