Installing fedora core on a RH 8 box

[DBS]

Thanks for the info Colin,

What's your opinion on this, would it be better for me
to upgrade from RH 8 to core 1 then to core 2 later, or should
I go directly to core 2?

Does Anaconda take all of my server settings and convert them over to
core config files?  Even my mail server config files such as qmail?

Also if a breakage occurs it is a real hassle to fix on a live server or
would I
be better off doing this on a backup sever first, then move existing live
server
services to core server?

Thanks for any info you have time to share,

DS

-----Original Message-----
From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com
[mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com]On Behalf Of Colin Charles
Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2004 10:39 PM
To: For users of Fedora Core releases
Subject: Re: Installing fedora core on a RH 8 box


On Mon, 2004-08-16 at 12:23, DBS wrote:

> Is it possible to upgrade a RH 8 box to core 1 or 2 without
> completely starting from scratch?  Is there an auto install over RH 8, or
> will I need to
> re install everything including mail servers, FTP, network settings,
apache
> httpd.conf configs, etc. etc.

There is an upgrade option (anaconda, the installer will detect an
existing RH Linux installation and ask you to upgrade)

If all settings will still work as before, its a bit hit-and-miss. It
should all work, but if a breakage occurs, don't be surprised

That said, I've done this before, from RH8->FC1, and it has all just
worked out well for me
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