[CentOS] Upgrading FC2 to CentOS 5.* - anyone second this?

[Les Mikesell]

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 7:42 PM, Max Pyziur <pyz at brama.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I *do* still have an FC2 box.
>>>
>>> Would anyone second this procedure:
>>> http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=14052&forum=37&post_id=47945
>>>
>>
>> It might possibly work, but I can't quite imagine why anyone would
>> want to do it at this point.  Why not back up anything you might want
>> to keep, install a nice clean Centos 6.x and put back the files you
>> wanted?
>
> It's a test machine that replicates a production server. The production
> machine was setup in May 2011 when CentOS was in 5.8 and no 6.x had shown
> up.
>
> So, I need a text 5.x box.

Even so, what's the point of an in-place upgrade compared to a fresh
5.x install?    Even if it works, there will be old cruft left around
that you don't need and that may cause surprises later.

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   Les Mikesell
     lesmikesell at gmail.com