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I need to follow up with Kevin Gleason. I was thinking of probably early April. On Mon, 24 Feb 2003 20:23:08 -0500 Charlie Peppler <cpeppler at pepplersolutions.com> wrote: > Hi folks, > > I've been running a RH Linux 6.2 server > for about three years now, and it still > works great. I'm running samba, packet > filtering firewall, Apache/PHP, MySQL. > > I recently started trying to install > an application which requires a series > of more recent libraries, and have found > it pretty tough to get running, and figure > I'm about due for a on OS upgrade. > > I'ld like to upgrade in a way that leaves > my application configurations in place. > > My questions are: > - Is there an installfest coming up > in the Boston area in the near future? > > If not, I have some questions about > what would happen if I got a boxed set of the > most recent RH linux (8.0) and did the > installation myself: > > - How stable is RH 8.0? Does anybody have > it installed, and have feedback on reliability? > - Does an installation/upgrade process detect > the previous version, and act accordingly? > - Does the upgrade require a disk > reformat? > - Does the upgrade automatically upgrade > rpms, keeping dependencies straight (and > removing out of date ones)? > - Does the upgrade remove outdated versions > (libraries/utilities)? > - Does the upgrade leave various .conf files > in place? (/etc, /var/lib ...) > - Does it detect existing hardware, and either > upgrade drivers, or leave existing ones in > place (I have a Mammoth LT tape drive) > > Thanks in advance for any assistance you > might provide, or experience with RH 6.2 => 8.0 > upgrades. > > -- > Charlie Peppler > cpeppler at pepplersolutions.com > http://www.pepplersolutions.com > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at blu.org > http://www.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.blu.org/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20030224/b1bedeaa/attachment.sig>
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