Upgrading a server to FC5

[Brian Chadwick]

Przemyslaw Gawronski wrote:
> Hi, I've got a couple of issues on upgrading a server that was running
> RH 7.3:
>
> 1 - migrating from ext2 to ext3, during re installation there is an
> option like that on partitions with ext2, is it possible to do it
> smoothly later after the installation is done?
>
> 2 - currently the box is booting from a FDD, I'm not sure yet if it's
> bios problem, or laziness of the previous administrator, but any way,
> how can I make a booting FDD for FC5 that will be installed? I remember
> there was such an option at the end of installation process of RH7.3.
>
> 3 - there are 2 SCSI controllers, one's drives (striped) are recognized
> as /dev/i2o/hda1. Is there something fishy in /dev/i2o that I should be
> careful with ?
>
> Thanks for advice
>
> Przemek
>   
there have been many many changes since RH7 ... so many things have 
changed, especially device handling and hardware abstraction layers ... 
i seriously advise you to back your system up ... and do a reinstall ... 
truly

Cheers and Beers

Brian