Red Hat 8.0 to Fedora

[Robin Laing]

Alexander Dalloz wrote:
> Am Di, den 16.03.2004 schrieb pablo gietz um 18:21:
> 
>>I need to know if I can install Fedora over Red Hat 8 and maintain 
>>actual configurations.
>>
>>Thanks
> 
> 
> You certainly can. It depends on some criteria if it is wiser to do an
> offline upgrade using the CDs of FC1, to do an online upgrade or to do a
> clean new install. If you have a highly customized RH8 system a fresh
> install might be better after backing up all data. the decision you have
> to make your own.
> 
> Alexander
> 
> 
I will say that going from 8 to FC1 was not a perfect upgrade but it 
worked for me.  Most applications worked with no problems.

Any customized stuff may have problems but that is expected.  Mainly 
with where RH/FC installs software in comparison to applications that 
were downloaded from the maintainers site.  FC came with some 
applications that I had installed from source or other rpms and 
installed in different locations.

After 3 months I have found only a few problems and most of these are 
not related to RH8 or FC but customized applications or configuration 
files.

Use the CD's for the upgrade and then apply the patches.  Just after I 
upgraded one machine from RH8 to FC, I built a new machine using FC 
and it was a dream.

-- 
Robin Laing