> Max Pyziur wrote: >>> Les Mikesell wrote: >>>> On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 10:04 AM, Max Pyziur <pyz at brama.com> wrote: > <snip> >> To clarify, the machine is a test/development box that also acts as a >> router to a DSL connection that (for the most part) replicates a >> co-located production machine that is currently running CentOS 5.8. >> >> Until recently, energies have been dedicated to other endeavors. >> Currently, efforts are being made to upgrade all relevant components to >> appropriate recent stable releases of OS's. In no way was an FC2 machine >> used in a production environment, and no effort was made to create that >> impression. > > Ok. That *was* the impression you gave. No it wasn't. That was your mistaken interpretation. > <snip> >>>>> Last, CentOS is built from Fedora Core 6. Usually, it makes sense to >>>>> proceed sequentially. >>> >>> So you're going to upgrate to FC3, 4 and 5 before going to CentOS? >> >> Possibly. Unless someone else can attest to their own experience and >> knowledge that it's generally ok to move from FC2 to CentOS 5.*. That >> was >> my point in starting this thread. > > *sigh* I was being sarcastic. Doing all that work would be silly, esp. You should do a better job of signalling your sarcasm. > with what would be needed to do so. Again, it would be *much* less work to > build a good box of 5.8, or maybe 6.2, and load and configure that. I'm not interested in acquiring more hardware but rather hope to use what I have. It works satisfactorily in its current configuration; my interest is in aligning the OS of the test/backup unit with that of the production machine. > <snip> > mark Max Pyziur pyz at brama.com