I need to upgrade FC4 but to which rev?

pnye · 08-22-2007, 10:35 AM

I've ran FC4 for a few years. I want to upgrade but I'm not sure which is the best target. Which upgrade path will cause me the least headache?

I have several home-baked apps on the box which I serve up over Apache with MySQL and PHP. I have a bunch of PHP apps sitting behind this. The box is also my mail host and DNS server. Ideally I'd like to avoid reinstalling these add-ons.

Any suggestions? Will it be possible to simply upgrade the FC rev and not have to reinstall any of the existing applications?

AceofSpades19 · 08-23-2007, 08:58 PM

it might be better to do a clean install, upgrades can make a mess of things sometimes

pnye · 08-24-2007, 12:02 AM

So, is "a clean install is not an option" not an option?

cojo · 08-24-2007, 12:07 AM

I have upgraded my FC3 to FC5 once. It took lot longer than installing fresh version. But, I was successfully upgraded my server. But, I won't do upgrade again if possible. Because, I could have build a fresh new server 1/3 of the time to upgrade.

pnye · 08-24-2007, 11:44 AM

Thanks. That is helpful. Were you using FC3 as a desktop? Granted, I should have probably installed RHEL3/4 versus FC, but the use of the "server" sort of evolved. If I were using this as a desktop I'd simply backup my things, blow it away and reinstall. But as it is I have a lot of "server" type services that are going to take hours and hours to recreate.

Maybe the case is the same if I would have originally installed RHEL versus FC.

cojo · 08-27-2007, 12:23 PM

it's our web/mail/file server

pnye · 08-27-2007, 11:23 PM

Ok. Shoot. Not the answer I was looking for, but from what I've read I think you're correct. Thanks.

rlee923 · 08-29-2007, 05:51 AM

Personally FC6 is running fine for me, i am running lamp/ssh just for personal use and it's fine.

I do not recommend to get Fedora 7, yum does not work so if you are a newbie like me, I wouldn't get it.

AceofSpades19 · 08-29-2007, 12:26 PM

I'm running Fedora 7 and yum works fine

rlee923 · 08-29-2007, 09:06 PM

Really? I tried to use it after installing it from DVD and yum wouldn't work at all so I gave up at that time.

AceofSpades19 · 08-29-2007, 10:43 PM

I installed it from the DVD in a linux magazine I got and it works fine

rlee923 · 08-29-2007, 10:53 PM

Well. It seems they have fixed it now. Good to hear