On Thu, 8 Jan 2004, Scott Fagg wrote:
>
>When i said 'linux' i was referring to linux distros in general, i wasn't
>trying to equate redhat to linux, it just so happens that i use redhat.
>
>Looks like FC2 is the closest answer, for now .. time to contribute.
>
>I have the problem that my redhat linux ;) box has XFS filesystems on all
>partitions, thanks to the SGI supplied RH7.3 installer. Now that i want to
>upgrade, i'm caught. I was hoping i could do some tricks by installing stuff
>to the 1GB swap partition, recompiling kernels and so on, but could never come
>up with a working process.
>
>Scott Fagg <scott.fagg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Arup Brisbane
>(07) 3023 6000
>
When I recently rebuilt my server, I wanted to install redhat 9, however
the installer would hang on my RAID adapter during install. I eventually
tried my redhat 8.0 XFS installer disks and got it installed. While
waiting on the install, I surfed around a bit and found yum. Since that
discovery I have upgraded one RH8-XFS system to RH9-XFS, one from RH8-XFS
to FC1, and another from RH9 to Fedora.
For desktop systems you may want the intelligence of an installer so that
you are offered the new options on your next login, but for servers your
don't have to be concerned so much.
You can find software, documentation, and yum archives here:
http://linux.duke.edu/projects/yum/
Chipper
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