Styma, Robert E (Robert) wrote: > >>> This is one of those questions: it's doable, but if you need to ask, >>> probably not by you;-) >>> >>> It might also be possible to force Anaconda to do the upgrade. >>> >>> There is some probability > 0 that you will be left with >> orphaned and >>> unsupported packages, depending on what you have installed. >>> >> Thanks John. >> >> Basically if you have done updates to the system.. you will have >> 'orphaned' packages. Fedora Core 5 and 6 kernel, glibc, (or other >> things) have higher rev's than what is in CentOS-5. The best fix is to >> do a backup of /etc and other config files, backup your /home >> /var/I_do_stuff_here partition and install a fresh CentOS-5 >> > A couple of suggestions for doing the fresh install and minimizing > some of the pain. > 1. tar /etc to someplace safe. While you cannot just restore the > files, > you can use them as a reference. There are pieces of /etc/passwd, > Restore /etc to, say, /fcetc, then use diff to discover what's changed Some differences won't matter (or are right) Some differences will need interpretation: why is this different? Some will need special action - eg creating user accounts, preferably in the same order as before Some can just be copied. -- Cheers John -- spambait 1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Z1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Please do not reply off-list