Yum disaster! DELETED mysql!

[Nat Gross]

On 11/7/05, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote:
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> You might want to consider switching to either Centos4.x or
> fedora FC4, either of which will have mysql 4.x as part of
> the distribution so the normal update procedure not only will
> work but will include updates for the installed mysql. Using
> Centos has the advantage of being able to expect several
> years of update support before you have to re-install again.
> FC4 would have more current desktop apps.
>
> You know. Maybe I should go for FC4 now. (We decided to make the best of
this downtime (of this server) and might switch to Oracle (they have an
automatic mysql ----> Oracle migration utility), and they allow in house
(for developers) use for free. AND, the stuff/libs/rpm's they prerequisite
ships with fc4. But I am worried that FC3 ---> FC4 migration will cause loss
of data or other migration 'issues'. I don't want to hijack this thread, but
maybe a url or blog describing this experience, can be posted by someone.
Thanks.
-nat
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