On Mon, 2004-05-17 at 07:50, Bill Williamson wrote: > Matthew Miller wrote: > > On Mon, May 17, 2004 at 09:35:07AM +1000, Bill Williamson wrote: > >>Is there a supported or suggested upgrade procedure for people who don't > >>have physical access to their FC1 box, or are we stuck praying nothing > > Really, there's not. Is there any on-site maintenance? Were I in this > > situation, I'd leave the box at FC1 rather than attempting a yum or apt > > upgrade. > > -Serverbeach server. Was originally RH9, I bumped it up to FC1 once I'd > tested it at home due to RHDL being whacked. > -I live in Australia, my box is somewhere in texas I think. No go there. > -Their onsite-maint is basically "restore you to last backup/image." > -What do I do once FC1 stops updating? > > --begin rant, ignore this bit-- > I'm trying not to get livid at this revelation, but this really is a > crappy thing to do to early adopters. I loved the idea of a yum/apt > based RH that was constantly updating, and was amoung those who defended > FC against all the unfounded FUD being spread. Now I'm being hung out > to dry, whereas had I done what everyone was screaming and just gone to > debian or gentoo, I'd be fine. > > I know no one owes it to ME to make it work/etc, but I'm basically > screwed now for supporting what I thought was a good thing. > --end rant-- > > Hopefully I'll get some other suggestions though :) Other than this my > FC experience has been tip top. If all else fails, this is a pretty big community, and I suppose *somebody* on this list lives in Texas that could help you out, you would probably only need to authorize their presence with Serverbeach. -- Chris Kloiber
