On Tue, Jun 29, 2004 at 11:32:47PM +0300, Micha Feigin wrote: > On Tue, Jun 29, 2004 at 06:47:22PM +0300, Oron Peled wrote: > > On Tuesday 29 June 2004 17:30, Micha Feigin wrote: > > > I was just asked to install apache, ssh etc. on a red-hat 6.2 system. I > > > > I guess you mean a *new* version of apache, ssh etc. Otherwise you could > > simply install the original RH-6.2 RPMS. > > > > If I could find them it would help ;-) I managed to find a cd lying > around but there is no ssh or apache on it. Couldn't find a version for > anything earlier then 7.2 on the net.
ftp.redhat.com is known to carry all production versions of RH, beginning with 1.0(?) at ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/1.0/en/os/i386 What you need is either ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/6.2/en/iso/i386/ or ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/6.2/en/os/i386/ > > > > Anyway, is it possible to upgrade it in place to red-hat 7/9/fc or to debian > > > > In place upgrade across several versions (e.g: RH-6.2 -> RH-8) is pretty > > hopless. More so across distros. > > > > I will do it across distros only if I need to do a clean install to > save me the time of learning a new one. I guess that a clean install > would be the smartest choice here. > > I am looking for the path of least resistance here, its not a job, just > something I know how to do. It seems that upgrading would cause more problems than re-installation. I wouldn't do it unless it were my own system and I had some extra time for it. > > > > or should I just make a clean install over it > > > > Yes. > > > > What you need to check is if they have important data or local applications > > and evaluate them before moving (on a modern Linux of your choice). > > E.g: do they have web-apps on the old apache version and would they run > > with the new one (mod_perl, php versions etc.). > > > > There is a cgi (written in perl) from around 99 they want to use, I am > not sure about the various dependencies, but does use perl 5 so I hope > 5.8 will work just as well. Its supposed to handle paper submissions for > a conference. I guess if there is another solution that works they will > be ok with it since I don't think much work was done apart then > downloading the code. In the worst case build perl 5.005 from source and install it on /usr/local/ as perl.5005 > > I know it does need msql but they said they have a version that came msql or mysql? > with the code though. > > Search the archive for a thread about partitioning practices (~1 month > > ago?) > > I guess I am rather locked into the partition scheme if I don't want to > kill /home ;-) Not if you reinstall . You can easily move the files from /boot to the root partition and kill the /boot partition without even shutting down the system. Growing root to instclude the extra 1.5 GB would require a boot to a different root filesystem. However converting it to var would only require 'telinit 1' But you're going to re-install it anyway, so you could use that opurtunity to reshape / , /boot and the swap partition to your liking. (See that thread about partitioning for advices regarding your liking). -- Tzafrir Cohen +---------------------------+ http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir/ |vim is a mutt's best friend| mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] +---------------------------+ ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
