On 03/05/2011 03:11 PM, Dennis Peterson wrote:
On 3/5/11 8:36 AM, Jim Preston wrote:
You have missed the point, my system does serve my needs to the
extent that
upgrading the OS is not worth the benefit till now. A major cause is
the lack of
a clean upgrade path from the early FC versions. The recommended
method was a
clean install. Since version 8 or 9 they have worked out the kinks
with the
recommended upgrade path being an upgrade (pun intended). I have all the
versions through 13 and will in the near future begin the upgrade
process again.
It may be possible to p2v (physical to virtual) that system and run it
as a virtual machine in a newer version of Linux while you build up
your new version application layer. This is the kind of solution to
consider if you have just one machine and need to run the legacy
product during development. VMWare's Player for Linux (and Windows) is
free. If you have another Windows, Mac, or Linux desktop to use, you
can develop your new environment as a VM there. Though there is no
free VM tool for Mac - Fusion is dirt cheap. In this case there's no
need to virtualize the legacy system.
dp
Thanks Dennis, I will consider that. I use VMs quite frequently.
--
Jim Preston
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