considering upgrade from RHL8 to FC3 please advise

woodtronix · 12-16-2004, 06:02 AM

Hi,

I am consider to upgrade my RHL8 installation to FC3. I have spend much time to get my RHL8 box up and running the way I like it. It is an e-mail server (qmail), BIND and Samba server. One thing I don't want to do is al my work lost with a new installation. Please give me some advise of share your experience of upgrading from RHL8 to FC3.

Thanks!

Peter

heema · 12-16-2004, 06:41 AM

i would suggest a clean install as upgrading from RH8 to fedora core 3 is a BIG step as every thing is updated

u could save the configuration files

P.S. : wait for someone else to validate my claims as i havent done it b4

maxut · 12-16-2004, 06:59 AM

hello.
i have rh8 too. it works as mail server (qmail), samba and much more.
i want to install a stabil distro. u know rh8 nor fedora are not stable. so i think they r not good choice on server side.
im planning to move centos. it is based on RHEL source rpms. so it is same as RHEL it just doesnt have red hat icon

i will do a clean install then move necessary conf files and datas.

good luck.

cormander · 12-17-2004, 10:07 AM

I ran a RH9 server running qmail, bind, and apache. I wanted to upgrade to FC2, and so I followed instructions to upgrade via yum.

Yum complained about severl conflicts, so tt took some time to finally get yum to proceed with the upgrade. I ended up doing rpm -e --justdb on the conflicting packages, and was able to proceed.

You may get different results from RH8, but I hope what I said helps.

I wasn't able to find the tutorial I used, but this one looks like it might help you out:

http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~vschmi...redhat2fedora/

-Corey

reddazz · 12-17-2004, 10:16 AM

If you are upgrading from Redhat Linux 8 or 9 to something like Fedora Core 3, a clean install is the best way to go, you will experience less problems. All you need to do is backup your important files.

cormander · 12-17-2004, 10:19 AM

I do, however, agree with reddazz on this. Only reason why I didn't do a fresh install is because I felt ballzy and the server wasn't in production.

-Corey

woodtronix · 12-17-2004, 04:19 PM

Thanks guys,

So far it seems the best aproach is a fresh install. The only thing though is it worth it to do it? What will FC3 bring me in comparison to RHL8? e.g. is it stable enough to do semi production on this server?

Kind regards,

Peter

cormander · 12-17-2004, 07:31 PM

The older the operating system, the less support you'll get for it. Fedora is "stable" in the sense that updates are constantly being made for it, and any problems are quickly addressed.

This cannot be said for RedHat 8, as far as I am aware.

-Corey

maxut · 12-18-2004, 01:42 AM

fedora series are not stable. i think they wont be stable in the future either. they are test platform of RHEL. if u want a stable and free distro go with debian, slack and etc. if u want stable redhat like distro, go with centos. it is same as RHEL. www.centos.org . second alternative is whitebox linux.

u can prefer RHEL, if u want to spend some money for OS. it is supported for 6 years. check redhat web site for details.

good luck.