On Wed, 2005-08-03 at 10:26 -0400, Ugo Bellavance wrote: > sudo Yang wrote: Gotta ask - is "sudo" a proper name or a nickname? > > What would be the easiest way to upgrade 2000 servers from RedHat 9 to > > Fedora or RedHat Enterprise/CentOS? Also, 1/2 of these systems have 1 > > TB data partition that cannot be destroyed. > > > > Would an upgrade option work via Kickstart? That would be my guess, but I've never dealt with anything close to that magnitude of problem. > Wow, are you working for Google? :). > > You should tell us about applications that run on it. Also curious. > Is a backup of the 1 TB partition possible? > Is downtime possible for 1 server at the time? > > I would recommend against fedora and tell you to go with CentOS (and > maybe send a little donation/offer mirror). You'll thank yourself for > the long life of updates and stability. I STRONGLY agree. Would not even consider Fedora for this large an operation. It's a nice platform to play with, but I wouldn't want to bet my livelihood on a "perpetual Beta" like FC. Please report your experiences when you make the move. Phil