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Removing Gnome in Redhat 6.2
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rpm -e gnome?!
Why are you "upgrading"? I'm not sure you can upgrade from 6.2 to 9, you might need to wipe the install completely and reformat. That's an excellent way to get rid of Gnome if you want to do that.
Why are you "upgrading"? I'm not sure you can upgrade from 6.2 to 9, you might need to wipe the install completely and reformat. That's an excellent way to get rid of Gnome if you want to do that.
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Wow..it seems many of you were having nightmare with RH upgrade!!!
What if i upgrade to a bit lower version like RH8.0, will that be alright. Actually there are some network services (Samba, Netatlk) are running on the Redhat, i do really want to keep all the system config instead of start all over again.
Jasonz
What if i upgrade to a bit lower version like RH8.0, will that be alright. Actually there are some network services (Samba, Netatlk) are running on the Redhat, i do really want to keep all the system config instead of start all over again.
Jasonz
You should be reviewing whether the services' config files are compatible with the updated versions. RH6.2 is over three years old. I understand your desire to minimize work on your part, but it's also quite likely that you may have config options that aren't present in the new versions or may not behave as you intended.
Again, I DO NOT ENCOURAGE you to "upgrade". Linux isn't like that on a full distribution level. You can upgrade packages till the cows come home, but the distributions have tons of interdepencies built into their libraries, etc. I think it is inherently dangerous to upgrade as many distributions as you are contemplating.
FINAL NOTE: Both RH9 and RH8 (and RH 7.x) are all unsupported and no further security/functional updates are being prepared for them. As a result you'll be upgrading to a dead distribution. Not exactly worth the effort in my book.
Good luck.
Again, I DO NOT ENCOURAGE you to "upgrade". Linux isn't like that on a full distribution level. You can upgrade packages till the cows come home, but the distributions have tons of interdepencies built into their libraries, etc. I think it is inherently dangerous to upgrade as many distributions as you are contemplating.
FINAL NOTE: Both RH9 and RH8 (and RH 7.x) are all unsupported and no further security/functional updates are being prepared for them. As a result you'll be upgrading to a dead distribution. Not exactly worth the effort in my book.
Good luck.
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its ture.. i cannot afford any unexpected failure if i decide to take an in-place upgrade to v9, i really don't know what will be happened.
BTW Thanks for you guys advise!! i think its time to bring another machine up and running...may be 'Debian' is my first choice now!
Jason Chan
BTW Thanks for you guys advise!! i think its time to bring another machine up and running...may be 'Debian' is my first choice now!
Jason Chan
chipperMDW
Programmer
> i do really want to keep all the system config instead of start all over again.
As has been mentioned, you'll probably run into difficulties with changes in the configuration options/formats.
However, as a starting place,
Read the documentation for the programs that will exist on the "target" distribution, paying special attention to configuration options. See if your old setup is still appropriate, and make changes as needed.
To help you with this task, grab the source packages for the programs in question and look for a file named [tt]ChangeLog[/tt]; if that's there, you can see changes made from your old version to the version your new distro uses.
Finally, your home directory is another good thing to back up and move over to the new distro; not only will you be able to keep your personal files, but you'll keep your user-specific configurations, too.
As has been mentioned, you'll probably run into difficulties with changes in the configuration options/formats.
However, as a starting place,
Code:
$ cd /
$ su -
Password:
$ tar czf ~/rh-6.2-etc etcRead the documentation for the programs that will exist on the "target" distribution, paying special attention to configuration options. See if your old setup is still appropriate, and make changes as needed.
To help you with this task, grab the source packages for the programs in question and look for a file named [tt]ChangeLog[/tt]; if that's there, you can see changes made from your old version to the version your new distro uses.
Finally, your home directory is another good thing to back up and move over to the new distro; not only will you be able to keep your personal files, but you'll keep your user-specific configurations, too.
chipperMDW
Programmer
[tt]/usr/local[/tt] is also a good candidate to copy over, assuming you do install local stuff there.
Oh, and regarding my above command: I'd probably have been better off naming the tarball with a .tar.gz extension...
Oh, and regarding my above command: I'd probably have been better off naming the tarball with a .tar.gz extension...
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