Max Pyziur wrote:
Max Pyziur wrote:
Les Mikesell wrote:
On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 10:04 AM, Max Pyziur pyz@brama.com wrote:
<snip> > To clarify, the machine is a test/development box that also acts as a > router to a DSL connection that (for the most part) replicates a > co-located production machine that is currently running CentOS 5.8. > > Until recently, energies have been dedicated to other endeavors. > Currently, efforts are being made to upgrade all relevant components to > appropriate recent stable releases of OS's. In no way was an FC2 > machine used in a production environment, and no effort was made to
create that
impression.
Ok. That *was* the impression you gave.
No it wasn't. That was your mistaken interpretation.
I accept that wasn't what you *intended*. However, what you *wrote* left that as a reasonable interpretation.
http://24.5-cent.us/egoless_documentation.doc
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Last, CentOS is built from Fedora Core 6. Usually, it makes sense to proceed sequentially.
So you're going to upgrate to FC3, 4 and 5 before going to CentOS?
Possibly. Unless someone else can attest to their own experience and knowledge that it's generally ok to move from FC2 to CentOS 5.*. That was my point in starting this thread.
*sigh* I was being sarcastic. Doing all that work would be silly, esp.
You should do a better job of signalling your sarcasm.
I did not expect you to actually consider that as within reason.
with what would be needed to do so. Again, it would be *much* less work to build a good box of 5.8, or maybe 6.2, and load and configure that.
I'm not interested in acquiring more hardware but rather hope to use what I have. It works satisfactorily in its current configuration; my interest is in aligning the OS of the test/backup unit with that of the production machine.
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Fine. Another answer would be to add more disk, if necessary, and build 5.8 on the machine, in such a manner as to allow you to reboot into either the current or the new version. For further clarification as to what I'm suggesting, try reading my other published article: http://24.5-cent.us/upgrading_linux.doc
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