Trey Dockendorf wrote: > Great news about CentOS 6.0 being available, and I figured I'd ask the > most obvious question, what can I expect when upgrading from CentOS 5.6 > to 6.0? I have not had to go from one major version of CentOS to > another so this is new territory for me. Is the processes just like an > install except there's an "Upgrade" option? Does an upgrade do a "yum > update" of everything installed? Most of my systems use EPEL and some > the IUS repos...is there a way during the upgrade to just upgrade system > components and leave things like PHP, httpd and MySQL alone for now? > Any suggestions on monitoring the upgrade progress via syslog or some > other method so I can see exactly what is being done during the upgrade? > > Thanks > - Trey Direct upgrade is NOT supported. You are advised to backup your old system, save all relevant parameters and personal data and do a clean install. I think CentOS 6.0 by default uses etx4 partitions that are better then old ext3, so I would advise total reformat of root partition (*after* backup) and fresh install on newly formated partition. Ljubomir