Hi. I''m contemplating migrating from FC3 to Centos 4RC1 and I''m just wondering, is it possible to *upgrade* from FC3 or do I have to do a back-up, do a fresh install and restore config files? Anyone know what''s the best way to go? Thanks a lot. -Jose
It''s been discussed on the list previously. It is *recommended* to do a clean install. Search the mailing lists, you''ll find one user did post info on doing an upgrade... It worked... albeit a few packages were still needing a manual upgrade. Personally... I would start clean... it removes an ''legacy data'' floating around. Cheers, Matt. On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 19:03:04 -0500, Jose Alburquerque <jaalburquerque@yahoo.com> wrote:> Hi. I''m contemplating migrating from FC3 to Centos 4RC1 and I''m just > wondering, is it possible to *upgrade* from FC3 or do I have to do a > back-up, do a fresh install and restore config files? Anyone know > what''s the best way to go? Thanks a lot. > > -Jose > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@caosity.org > http://lists.caosity.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >
Thanks a lot for info. I will do a search and try to do a fresh install as is "recommended". Thanks again! -Jose
On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 16:36:21 -0500, Jose Alburquerque <jaalburquerque@yahoo.com> wrote:> Thanks a lot for info. I will do a search and try to do a fresh install > as is "recommended". Thanks again! > > -JoseIn this case what the "things" I need to backup so that I can have a successful fresh installation while reserving my old for example user account. Please give us advice new users. Thanks. str
You need to back /etc/passwd, /etc/group and /etc/shadow... Also backup /home partition. I traditionally backup the /etc/ directory and move back stuff as needed. On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 06:48:43 +0300, str tux <str.tux@gmail.com> wrote:> On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 16:36:21 -0500, Jose Alburquerque > <jaalburquerque@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Thanks a lot for info. I will do a search and try to do a fresh install > > as is "recommended". Thanks again! > > > > -Jose > > In this case what the "things" I need to backup so that I can have a > successful fresh installation while reserving my old for example user > account. > > Please give us advice new users. > > Thanks. > > str > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@caosity.org > http://lists.caosity.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >
Don''t forget any possible user database files. MySQL etc. keep user files elsewhere. Also consider what your users may have installed in their home directories. Will an upgrade to 4.1 MySQL break things designed for older versions? I was able to restore a backup of user databases, but the "mysql" database format has changed and a restore doesn''t work. Ed Clarke clarke@cilia.org Matt Bottrell wrote:>You need to back /etc/passwd, /etc/group and /etc/shadow... >Also backup /home partition. > >I traditionally backup the /etc/ directory and move back stuff as needed. > > >On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 06:48:43 +0300, str tux <str.tux@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 16:36:21 -0500, Jose Alburquerque >><jaalburquerque@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> >>>Thanks a lot for info. I will do a search and try to do a fresh install >>>as is "recommended". Thanks again! >>> >>>-Jose >>> >>> >>In this case what the "things" I need to backup so that I can have a >>successful fresh installation while reserving my old for example user >>account. >> >>Please give us advice new users. >> >>Thanks. >> >>str >>_______________________________________________ >>CentOS mailing list >>CentOS@caosity.org >>http://lists.caosity.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> >> >> >_______________________________________________ >CentOS mailing list >CentOS@caosity.org >http://lists.caosity.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >