-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of beast Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 6:25 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: [CentOS] Re: Centos as a desktop, advisable?
On 26/07/07 17:57 +0800, Feizhou wrote:
If I choose this path, can it be automatically done using
yum with local
repository? what about existing data/settings/custom
apps/etc? anyone has
real experiences on upgrading OS?
You really want apt and deb based distros like ubuntu if you
want to go
this route.
Are you saying that upgrading Centos is not advisable/reliable path and Ubuntu is better in this area?
(pls, im not trying to start flame, pardon my ignorance :)
Personally, I never upgrade the OS. I simply install the
fresh one, but its
fine on my laptop, not for my clients.
Use images then if all your 400 workstations are identical.
Yes, previously I just clone the HD, but thats ok only for new install, not preserving the data/user settings.
I'm willing to go to every clients at first install if needed, but not every year or so for maintenance. I need setup and forget setup :-p
Thanks!
What I do is automated PXE installs using kickstart.
On a new install I have kickstart create a 128MB 'boot' partition, then an VG out of the rest, then in the VG group I create a 'root' LV, a 'swap' LV and the rest as a 'home' LV.
Then on upgrades I only update the 'boot' and 'root' volumes.
The user ids and stuff all come from NIS maps which are themselves auto-created from winbind from AD. Kerberos handles the passwords.
-Ross
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