I'll probably consider doing a fresh install... Thanks! Roger Jochem ----- Original Message ----- From: "Johnny Hughes" <mailing-lists at hughesjr.com> To: "CentOS Users" <centos at caosity.org> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 10:37 AM Subject: Re: [Centos] Migration > On Thu, 2005-02-24 at 09:29 -0300, Roger Jochem wrote: > > Hello all! > > > > I'm new to the list. I just upgraded 3 White Box Linux servers > > (database, application and internet) yesterday to Centos 3.4 using the > > info in > > > > http://centos.org/modules/smartfaq/faq.php?faqid=19. > > > > Very easy, and that was a very helpfull document! > > > > The decision was based in the speed of updates, really much faster in > > Centos! Is there a similar way to upgrade a Fedora Core 1 server to > > Centos 3.4? Would it be possible? I saw some messages in the list > > about it (archives) but I don't know if in the time the version of > > Centos was 3.4, and some people said that it whas not possible because > > would be a downgrade of some packages... > > > > Regards > > > > Roger Jochem > FC1 is newer than CentOS-3.x ... so it would be a downgrade....which, as > you can imagine, isn't nearly as easy as an upgrade. > > You could use the CD install with "linux upgradeany" and select upgrade > (or a yum upgrade) and then do a: > > rpm -qa --queryformat "%{name} %{vendor}\n" > > to see what is still fedora and what is centos ... then force install > the proper replacement. > > Might be easier and faster to just install on a new machine and migrate > over (or full backup / migration) if possible. > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at caosity.org > http://lists.caosity.org/mailman/listinfo/centos