Upgrade versus ReInstall

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centospede
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Upgrade versus ReInstall

Post by centospede » 2007/04/13 06:56:45

I've currently got centos 4 installed on a box.

If i want to move to centos5, is it possible to upgrade or do i have to do a fresh reinstall?

If i *can* update, can someone point to a good link or instructions on how to do the upgrade and any possible gotchas (fwiw my current installation is on a pair of mirrored lvm drives)

thanks

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Re: Upgrade versus ReInstall

Post by toracat » 2007/04/13 17:04:38

Maybe this wiki page is a good starting point:

http://wiki.centos.org/Migration/5

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Upgrade versus ReInstall

Post by hughesjr » 2007/04/14 00:35:40

This is the only recommended way to upgrade:

http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/Installation_Guide-en-US/ch-upgrade-x86.html

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Re: Upgrade versus ReInstall

Post by centospede » 2007/04/14 04:50:00

It looks like reinstall is probably the way to go...

Oh well...

thanks for teh input

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