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

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 o

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 s

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? > > http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Installation_Guide/s

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

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 Eric Kom
On 23/06/2012 10:37, Chris wrote: > 2012/6/23 Eric Kom : >> 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@cent

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

2012-06-23 Thread Chris
2012/6/23 Eric Kom : > 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 http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo