On Mon, 2005-11-07 at 19:15, Nat Gross wrote:
>
> On 11/7/05, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> <snip>
> You might want to consider switching to either Centos4.x or
> fedora FC4, either of which will have mysql 4.x as part of
> the distribution so the normal update procedure not only will
> work but will include updates for the installed mysql. Using
> Centos has the advantage of being able to expect several
> years of update support before you have to re-install again.
> FC4 would have more current desktop apps.
>
>
> You know. Maybe I should go for FC4 now. (We decided to make the best
> of this downtime (of this server) and might switch to Oracle (they
> have an automatic mysql ----> Oracle migration utility), and they
> allow in house (for developers) use for free. AND, the
> stuff/libs/rpm's they prerequisite ships with fc4. But I am worried
> that FC3 ---> FC4 migration will cause loss of data or other migration
> 'issues'. I don't want to hijack this thread, but maybe a url or blog
> describing this experience, can be posted by someone.
Other than mysql, the app versions included in Centos4 would
be very similar to what you have in FC3 - more so than FC4.
I wouldn't try an upgrade with either, although others have
done it with varying results. The best approach is to
save everything you've installed yourself, do a clean install
of the new version, then re-install your own stuff.
After doing this a few times you learn how to keep track of
your own changes so it is fairly painless.
--
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
