Alexander Bergolth wrote:
> The only thing that bothers me is: Will it be possible to upgrade
> the system (e.g. to a future Redhat 7.3)
FYI, if RedHat's history since 4.0 holds true, the next release will be
8.0. Each RedHat major version (i.e. the X in X.Y) features a fixed
GLibC version and GCC release for binary compatibility, with minor
revisions (i.e. the Y in X.Y) released every 6 months or so with minor
updates. RedHat 7.x currently features the [bastard] GCC 2.96 release
and GLibC 2.2. I predict 8.0 will feature GCC 3.0.2 as RedHat wants to
put 2.96 behind them (long story, but a necessary move as I heard),
probably GLibC 2.3 if and when it becomes available.
> using SGI's version of the Redhat installer? Will the installer
> recognize the filesystems that are inside lvm logical volumes?
> (I don't want to ask you about any predictions about the future
> capabilities of the Redhat installer but is there any way to do
> such an upgrade using the current installer?)
Don't know. I just manually upgraded RPMs in my move from RedHat 7.1 +
XFS to RedHat 7.2 + XFS. I took a look at the kernels, realized what
drivers I needed to put in an initrd (initial root/ramdisk) for boot
(e.g., my 3Ware card) and was compatible right there.
My guess is if the installer's kernel supports it, it will boot. E.g.,
RedHat used to ship installers with Ext3 support even before it
supported Ext3. Integrating a separate setup for the feature in the
installer is much more difficult though -- but taking advantage of an
existing feature shouldn't be too difficult from the installer's
standpoint.
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