Subject: Re: Upgrading Champion Server release 1.2 to Champion Server release 2.1?
From: nathan r. hruby (nhruby@arches.uga.edu)
Date: Thu Feb 21 2002 - 08:28:48 MST
On Thu, 21 Feb 2002, Bob Tanner wrote:
> Quoting nathan r. hruby (nhruby@arches.uga.edu):
> > Yes, it is ridiculous, but that is the only upgrade path (which isn't
> > really an upgrade path at all, is it :)
> >
> > You can run the YDL 2.0 installer on your 1.2.1 box and RPM will attempt
> > to upgrade everything and will leave you with a booting but very very very
> > messy and clutter system which is probably more work to fix/clean then to
> > re-install.
> >
> > I'd happily leave my 1.2.1 boxes alone *IF YDL PROVIDED SECUIRTY UPDATES
> > FOR IT INSTEAD OF IGNORING IT* Goes for 2.0 as well, there no reason that
> > updates can't be pushed out via Yup for 1.2.1 and 2.0 boxes.
>
> Under Intel Linux (Redhat) you can fudge an update by rpm -F *.rpm, just need to
> be careful about lilo/grub stuff.
>
> Would this method work for ydl?
>
Yes, but with unpredictable results as you'll have dependancy issues both
with your installation set and your exsisting package set. Major sticking
point being rpm/db3/glibc (plus all the gnome cross linked deps could get
nightmareish)
Also, you can't freshen the kernel packages, you need to -i them, and then
there are issues.
Not something you'd want to do on a production server.
Again, the eaisiest way is to make sure that you can mount /home as /home
on the reinstall and jsut tell the YDL installer not to format that
partiton when installing, then /home will migrate and everything else will
be anew.
-n
-- ...... nathan hruby - nhruby@arches.uga.edu computer support specialist department of drama and theatre http://www.drama.uga.edu/ ......
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