Max Pyziur wrote: >> 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. I accept that wasn't what you *intended*. However, what you *wrote* left that as a reasonable interpretation. <http://24.5-cent.us/egoless_documentation.doc> > <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. I did not expect you to actually consider that as within reason. > >> 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> Fine. Another answer would be to add more disk, if necessary, and build 5.8 on the machine, in such a manner as to allow you to reboot into either the current or the new version. For further clarification as to what I'm suggesting, try reading my other published article: <http://24.5-cent.us/upgrading_linux.doc> mark