KM via CentOS wrote: > I searched a bit to see if there is a way to upgrade from CentOS 7 > directly to CentOS 8. I found RHEL instructions but not CentOS.  > Although they probably should be/would be similar, the instructions I > found enable a rhel repository to get the leap command, which I can't > seem to do in CentOS. > > Does anyone know if you can do an upgrade yet. I know they had been > working on it in the past. > > also - when they say upgrade (for example on the rhel pages), is it in > place meaning I can leave my files/data there, or is it strictly a way of > installing the OS that is going to wipe out my files? Your files - data, home directories, etc, SHOULD NOT BE ON THE SAME FILESYSTEM as the o/s: /, /var/, /etc, /usr. If you didn't do that (the way M$ does), then you're ok - the o/s can be replaced, and it won't hurt anything... just make SURE that you unselect the partitions/drives that everything else is on. mark