Re: Fedora Core 6 No More
- From: Ed Kasky <ed@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:31:03 -0800
At 11:03 AM Friday, 12/21/2007, Les Mikesell wrote -=>
Alan wrote:
The hard part is switching over. It is not quite a straight over upgrade.I have been using fedora core 6 in production since its launch, IIf you are happy with the application versions that FC6 included, almost
have
applied all the software and kernel updates till data using software
updater. As redhat/fedora announced its (core 6) end of life; I am
doubtful
about continuing its use in future??
I am satisfied with the performance so far, iptables and selinux
(enforcing/targeted) are configured properly.
My question is
1) Shall I continue using this version or shall I upgrade to Fedora 8??
2) What actually end of life means??
3) Can I apply (kernel/software) updates after end of life?
4) Is there any security threat?
exactly the same set is included in CentOS 5 which will be supported
with security and bugfix updates for many more years, and the install
and administration is nearly identical. I'd switch anything where having
new features or the latest application versions is less important than
stability and time required for maintenance.
(At least when I tried it.) Is there a way to force CentOS to upgrade an
FC6 install?
It is theoretically possible using the install disk and the 'upgradeany' boot option, but I wouldn't even try because of the possibility of having random leftover packages or settings that will cause unpredictable problems later. Remember that the CentOS install is going to be good for years with no attention other than periodic 'yum update's and is worth the time to get it right in the first place. This is a lot easier if you have an identical spare machine to build a replacement that you can tweak and test before swapping into production, but I'd go that route even if I had to do initial testing under vmware and repeat the process to convert the existing machine. You'll want a full backup of course (whether you are doing a conversion or not...). Clonezilla-live (http://clonezilla.sourceforge.net/clonezilla-live/) is a handy way to make an image-level copy with a choice of ways to access storage for them (nfs/smb/ssh).
This is the way I originally upgraded from RH6 to FC6. It's just a little more expensive but I was planning on upgrading the hardware anyway. That new machine has only been in operation for about a year and is running like a top - 2 1.8 ghz cpu's, 2 gb ram, Dell raid card and hot spare.
I think I will stick with FC6 for about 6-12 months and then build a newer machine...
Ed Kasky
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