On Wed, 6 Jul 2011, Robert Heller wrote: > To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> > From: Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> > Subject: Re: [CentOS] What are the advantages of upgrading from 5.6 to 6? > > At Wed, 6 Jul 2011 15:26:39 -0500 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote: > >> >> I've just installed CentOS 5.6. What would I get if I upgraded to 6? >> Would I have to reinstall all applications or could I just restore my >> /etc and /usr directories and do an update? > > Well, CentOS 6 is likely to be somewhat different than 5.6 -- lots of > stuff has changed. You would get newer base versions of various > packages and a newer base kernel. Otherwise it depends... > > You'd have to do a fresh install, and then using a backup of your /etc > as a guide, re-configure everything. If your system works just fine > with 5.6, *I'd* say leave it alone for now. I am certainly not in any > hurry to upgrade. I have written a set of bash scripts to do just that, ie a fresh install and configuration. They are highly extendable and configurable, and written in a modular fashion. Originally for Fedora to deal with the twice yearly upgrades, but I have also used them for installing Centos 5.5, which appears to have now upgraded itself to 5.6 Please check them out at: http://www.karsites.net/centos/anyuser/auto-linux-installer.php Kind Regards, Keith Roberts ----------------------------------------------------------------- Websites: http://www.karsites.net http://www.php-debuggers.net http://www.raised-from-the-dead.org.uk All email addresses are challenge-response protected with TMDA [http://tmda.net] -----------------------------------------------------------------