[CentOS] How to upgrade from 5.8 to 6.2

2012-06-23 Thread Eric Kom
Good day, Please am new on CentOS, may you help me with the upgrade from 5.8 to 6.2 using? Thanks a lot -- -- You Truly Eric Kom System Administrator - Metropolitan College _ / You are scrupulously honest, frank, and \ | straightforward. Therefore you

Re: [CentOS] How to upgrade from 5.8 to 6.2

2012-06-23 Thread Chris
2012/6/23 Eric Kom eric...@metropolitanstaff.co.za: Good day, Please am new on CentOS, may you help me with the upgrade from 5.8 to 6.2 using? Upgrade from 5.x to 6.x is not supported by CentOS. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

Re: [CentOS] How to upgrade from 5.8 to 6.2

2012-06-23 Thread Eric Kom
On 23/06/2012 10:37, Chris wrote: 2012/6/23 Eric Kom eric...@metropolitanstaff.co.za: Good day, Please am new on CentOS, may you help me with the upgrade from 5.8 to 6.2 using? Upgrade from 5.x to 6.x is not supported by CentOS. ___ CentOS

Re: [CentOS] How to upgrade from 5.8 to 6.2

2012-06-23 Thread Leonard den Ottolander
Hello Eric, On Sat, 2012-06-23 at 09:52 +0200, Eric Kom wrote: Please am new on CentOS, may you help me with the upgrade from 5.8 to 6.2 using? http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Installation_Guide/sn-upgrading-system-x86.html Red Hat does not support in-place

Re: [CentOS] How to upgrade from 5.8 to 6.2

2012-06-23 Thread Tom Brown
Upgrade from 5.x to 6.x is not supported by CentOS. ___ which was not strictly the question that was asked though was it. its not supported or recommended but it is possible. ___ CentOS mailing list

Re: [CentOS] How to upgrade from 5.8 to 6.2

2012-06-23 Thread ken
On 06/23/2012 08:45 AM Leonard den Ottolander wrote: Hello Eric, On Sat, 2012-06-23 at 09:52 +0200, Eric Kom wrote: Please am new on CentOS, may you help me with the upgrade from 5.8 to 6.2 using?

Re: [CentOS] How to upgrade from 5.8 to 6.2

2012-06-23 Thread Keith Roberts
On Sat, 23 Jun 2012, ken wrote: *snip* From prior experience I've found major upgrades easier if, in the current setup, instead of having just one volume/partition and so everything under root (/), there are separate partitions or volumes for (at least) /home and /var because redhat (and so

Re: [CentOS] How to upgrade from 5.8 to 6.2

2012-06-23 Thread ken
On 06/23/2012 12:42 PM Keith Roberts wrote: On Sat, 23 Jun 2012, ken wrote: *snip* ... redhat (and so too centos) has always recognized that those partitions contain data and will ask if I want to leave them as they are or, instead, overwrite them. If you currently have just one

Re: [CentOS] How to upgrade from 5.8 to 6.2

2012-06-23 Thread Keith Roberts
On Sat, 23 Jun 2012, ken wrote: *snip* I've been caught out before when installing Linux with existing data on several partitions, and had my partitions and data trashed. My work around is to only let the installer use / tmp and swap. That way it cannot touch my partitions with data on them.