Hello,
I'm quite new to Fedora. One of our dedicated server have to be switched from FC2 to FC3. It has a few software installed on it, so the migration should be "easy".
- Would you know a document explaining the migration ? - What steps would you warn me on ?
I ask because the server hoster will ask for 99$ to reinstall the server (with FC2) if I brake the thing (if it cant reboot).
Thank you all.
On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 20:16:00 +0100, "Rakotomandimby (R12y) Mihamina" mihamina@mail.rktmb.org wrote:
Hello,
I'm quite new to Fedora. One of our dedicated server have to be switched from FC2 to FC3. It has a few software installed on it, so the migration should be "easy".
- Would you know a document explaining the migration ?
- What steps would you warn me on ?
I ask because the server hoster will ask for 99$ to reinstall the server (with FC2) if I brake the thing (if it cant reboot).
If this is a remotely hosted box you will probably be better staying with FC2 as long as it is supported unless there is some compelling reason for an upgrade. If you just need a more recent version of some specific application, you can build that one application from source which will be safer than attempting an upgrade with respect to hosing the machine.
On Thu, 2004-12-30 at 14:59 -0600, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 20:16:00 +0100,
If this is a remotely hosted box you will probably be better staying with FC2 as long as it is supported unless there is some compelling reason for an upgrade. If you just need a more recent version of some specific application, you can build that one application from source which will be safer than attempting an upgrade with respect to hosing the machine.
While I agree with the above, I was able to upgrade a DNS/Squid machine from FC2 to FC3 via yum. No problems whatsoever. This particular machine has SCSI RAID. This method is UNSUPPORTED. YMMV ________________________________________________________________________ Total Quality Management - A Commitment to Excellence http://www.TQMcube.com
On Thu, 2004-12-30 at 15:51 -0500, David Cary Hart wrote:
While I agree with the above, I was able to upgrade a DNS/Squid machine from FC2 to FC3 via yum.
Ok.
- What's the "clean" method to upgrade then? (you told it was not supported)
- Would you please describe the yum method you followed? or just give the web link instead.
Thank you :-)
On Thu, 2004-12-30 at 14:59 -0600, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
If this is a remotely hosted box you will probably be better staying with FC2 as long as it is supported unless there is some compelling reason for an upgrade.
Ok. And where could I find what is the currently supported version? On the fedora.redhat.com site, i dont see any "current supported version is: ...". It's just about checking very often that page.
If you just need a more recent version of some specific application, you can build that one application from source which will be safer than attempting an upgrade with respect to hosing the machine.
In fact I would need recent version of a LAMP server + mail (SMTP+IMAP) server.
On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 09:40:38 +0100, Rakotomandimby (R12y) Mihamina mihamina@mail.rktmb.org wrote:
Ok. And where could I find what is the currently supported version? On the fedora.redhat.com site, i dont see any "current supported version is: ...". It's just about checking very often that page.
It's on the home page. Fedora Core 3 is the currently supported version. The transfer of Fedora Core 1 to Fedora Legacy Project is there. There is nothing about Fedora Core 2 because it is transitioning into EOL (end of life). The second paragraph states that release cycles are targeted for 2-3 times a year. Expect direct support for FC2 to end in 6 months or whenever FC4 Test 2 is released.
On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 09:40:38 +0100, "Rakotomandimby (R12y) Mihamina" mihamina@mail.rktmb.org wrote:
In fact I would need recent version of a LAMP server + mail (SMTP+IMAP) server.
Unless you are having a specific problem, FC2 should be fine for this.
On Fri, 2004-12-31 at 02:40, Rakotomandimby (R12y) Mihamina wrote:
If this is a remotely hosted box you will probably be better staying with FC2 as long as it is supported unless there is some compelling reason for an upgrade.
Ok. And where could I find what is the currently supported version? On the fedora.redhat.com site, i dont see any "current supported version is: ...". It's just about checking very often that page.
I think the general rule for fedora is that the current release (now FC3) and one previous version can be maintained with up2date or 'yum update', so you should plan to either re-install every-other release or start watching for security/bug fixes yourself or pick them up from a 'legacy' support site. FC2 should continue to get updates until FC4 is released. I'm not quite sure why the 'legacy' support site isn't backed into the same update repository so you would not have to change configs to update older systems, but...
In fact I would need recent version of a LAMP server + mail (SMTP+IMAP) server.
If you want longer support cycles and don't care about new features you can go with the Redhat Enterprise release or one of the free clones. If you like the Dovecot IMAP server you can rebuild the fedora source RPM on RHEL/centos/whitebox. Everything else should be about the same from a server perspective.
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