Re: [Fedora-directory-users] OS Migration

[Richard Megginson <rmeggins redhat com>]

Jim Summers wrote:
> Hello List,
>
> I am closing in on my target date to switch over to FDS.  On my test 
> machines I have been running with FC4.  I need to re-install the 
> operating system and when I do I will have to use RHEL4.
>
> My plan was to shutdown the DS.
> Then make a tarball of /opt/fedora-ds and several other directories.
> Next re-install with RHEL4
> Drop in my iptables
> Install fedora-ds and verify the OS / performance settings.
> Then extract my fedora-ds tarball
> and then hold my breath and start the DS service(s) and presto all is 
> well???
I have no idea.  It should work, but I really don't know if there are 
any runtime dependencies in the FDS FC4 RPM binaries that will break 
when run on RHEL4.
> Does this sound like a feasible approach?
>
> I am a little unsure if it will break any of my configured ssl stuff.  
> Which is a basic self-signed scenario using the 
> /opt/fedora-ds/shared/bin/certutil for the key generation.
I don't think that will be a problem as long as you don't change the 
hostname of the machine.
> TIA

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