RH8 --> FC2 Upgrade done

[Graeme Nichols]

On Sat, 2004-07-17 at 03:52, Otto Haliburton wrote:
<snip>
> > >                            I understand what you are saying about the
> > > learning curve, though since yesterday I have managed to get things up
> > > and running OK. Your advice on removing the irq and CUPS was important
> > > to me and thanks for the xorg.conf file. The 4 CD set I purchased didn't
> > > have any documentation with it. With my RH8 CDs I was able to install
> > > all the docs which was a real help. I will have to see if I can download
> > > some documentation rpms. Will let you know how it all goes over the next
> > > couple of weeks.
> > 
> > Glad to help, Graeme.  Most of the should have been installed with the
> > RPMs (well, the man pages at least).  "Special" docs usually get shoved
> > into /usr/share/doc.
> > 
> > If you're up on FC2 now, remember to use "yum" to update your system
> > (yum is the FC replacement for up2date).  The /etc/yum.conf file that
> > comes with FC only mentions the Red Hat update repository.  It's often
> > VERY busy, so you may wish to utilize this version of the file to get at
> > a couple of mirrors:
> > 
> > ----------------------------- CUT HERE --------------------------------
> > [main]
> > cachedir=/var/cache/yum
> > debuglevel=2
> > logfile=/var/log/yum.log
> > pkgpolicy=newest
> > distroverpkg=fedora-release
> > tolerant=1
> > exactarch=1
> > gpgcheck=1
> > 
> > 
> > [base]
> > name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Base
> > http://fedora.redhat.com/releases/fedora-core-$releasever
> > # The first line is the primary server, the remainder are mirrors...
> > baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/$releaseve
> > r/$basearch/os
> >          http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/core/$releasever/$basearch/os
> >          http://mirror.web-ster.com/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/os
> > 
> > 
> > [updates-released]
> > name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Released Updates
> > # The first line is the primary server, the remainder are mirrors...
> > baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/$r
> > eleasever/$basearch
> > 
> > http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/core/updates/$releasever/$basearch
> >          http://mirror.web-ster.com/fedora/updates/$releasever/$basearch
> > 
> > 
> > #[updates-testing]
> > #name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Unreleased Updates
> > #baseurl=http://fedora.redhat.com/updates/testing/fedora-core-$releasever
> > ----------------------------- CUT HERE --------------------------------
> > 
> > You can add more mirrors as you wish.  To do a full update:
> > 
> > 	# yum -y update
> > 
> > It'll take a bit of time, but it'll update your system fully.  yum is a
> > "good thing".
> > 
> > The URHILW (http://www.rhil.net) has NTFS modules for FC1 and FC2, too.
> > 
> > > Again, thanks very much.
> > 
> > No problem, Graeme.
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer     rstevens at vitalstream.com -
> > - VitalStream, Inc.                       http://www.vitalstream.com -
> > -                                                                    -
> > -   Never test for an error condition you don't know how to handle.  -
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> up2date is still the update procedure for fc1 & 2.  It has be modified to
> automatically use yum.  You probably will need to add some repositories to
> yum.conf, but up2date works the same as in redhat.

OK Thanks Otto.

Graeme.