Craig White wrote: > On Thu, 2007-11-22 at 09:51 -0500, Ugo Bellavance wrote: > ---- > questions were far to general to get specific responses That is what I thought. > > There is no supported upgrade path for either RHL 9 or Fedora 4 to > CentOS but you certainly can use anaconda to do that by appending... > > linux upgradeany In fact I won't upgrade the current machines, as they're old. I'd setup new servers and migrate services one to one from the old to the new ones. > You get to keep the pieces that are broken. > > per info on Centos web site... > http://centos.org/modules/smartfaq/faq.php?faqid=43 > > CentOS 3.x is in maintenance updates only mode...hardly makes sense to > me to install this on anything UNLESS you have specific software that > will only run on 2.4 kernels > > CentOS 4.x enters into maintenance updates only mode March 1st, 2008 - > not that far off > > I don't know anything about 'perforce environment' and thus have nothing > to offer. Similarly, I haven't use squid for many years and likewise > dansguardian. Perforce is a CVS-like system (proprietary). > Apache/PHP/MySQL are all starting to show their age on CentOS-4.x but > thankfully, there is CentOS Plus repository for updated php & mysql but > if I were thinking in terms of updates that I didn't have to bother with > for a few years, I would certainly go all the way to CentOS 5 > > You might find some useful information here... > > http://centos.org/search.php?query=upgradeany&andor=AND&action=results&submit=Search All very good info, thanks! Ugo