Re: Floods of Emails Coming In To /var/spool/mqueue

[Robert L Cochran <cochranb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Les Mikesell wrote:
> Robert L Cochran wrote:
>
> > I guess I'm going to have to figure out how to do an in-place 
> > replacement of the operating system. I can install a second physical 
> > hard drive, install Fedora 8 or CentOS 5 on that, and then start 
> > migrating data from the FC 2 system to the new one over several days 
> > time. I can use grub to switch between the two.
>
> That can work with a certain amount of downtime while you install and 
> juggle things although it's a lot easier if you can build the 
> replacement on a different machine and swap it (or the drives) into 
> place when everything works with a final rsync of data at the last 
> minute.  If you plan to keep this running for years without 
> reinstalling, Centos would be a better choice, since you can expect 
> 'yum update' to supply security fixes for 7 years.
Using a separate machine might be possible, yes. You are suggesting the 
that I rsync specific data directories to the new drive -- I've never 
done that before, but there is a first time for everything.

Thanks!

Bob