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

Wed May 30 17:26:12 UTC 2012
Max Pyziur <pyz at brama.com>

> 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