On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 12:39 PM, John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com> wrote: > On 9/9/2014 9:33 AM, Mike Watson wrote: > >> Can I directly upgrade (update?) from my current 6.5 box to version 7? >> Or, must I wipe my drives and install from scratch? >> > > I wouldn't. redhat does have an upgrade script for headless server-only > type configurations, but there's just so much room for 'wrong', with newer > versions of all the system components like python, apache, libc and other > libraries, postgresql database server, etc etc etc. > > I would save /home, a copy of /etc/passwd,shadow and any other specific > configuration files, dump any databases, apache configurations, etc etc, > then do a clean install and piece that stuff back together. > > As John says, it's risky. And you're going to want backups anyways if things go south. There is a tool in the works, but last I heard it needs testing. http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/CentOSUpgradeTool (I'm a member of the fresh install camp!) -- ---~~.~~--- Mike // SilverTip257 //