Fedora Core 6 No More

[Ed Kasky]

At 11:03 AM Friday, 12/21/2007, Les Mikesell wrote -=>
>Alan wrote:
>
>>>>     I have been using fedora core 6 in production since its launch, I
>>>>have
>>>>applied all the software and kernel updates till data using software
>>>>updater. As redhat/fedora announced its (core 6) end of life; I am
>>>>doubtful
>>>>about continuing its use in future??
>>>>     I am satisfied with the performance so far, iptables and selinux
>>>>(enforcing/targeted) are configured properly.
>>>>  My question is
>>>>
>>>>  1) Shall I continue using this version or shall I upgrade to Fedora 8??
>>>>  2) What actually end of life means??
>>>>  3) Can I apply (kernel/software) updates after end of life?
>>>>  4) Is there any security threat?
>>>If you are happy with the application versions that FC6 included, almost
>>>exactly the same set is included in CentOS 5 which will be supported
>>>with security and bugfix updates for many more years, and the install
>>>and administration is nearly identical. I'd switch anything where having
>>>new features or the latest application versions is less important than
>>>stability and time required for maintenance.
>>The hard part is switching over.  It is not quite a straight over upgrade.
>>  (At least when I tried it.)  Is there a way to force CentOS to upgrade an
>>FC6 install?
>
>It is theoretically possible using the install disk and the 
>'upgradeany' boot option, but I wouldn't even try because of the 
>possibility of having random leftover packages or settings that will 
>cause unpredictable problems later. Remember that the CentOS install 
>is going to be good for years with no attention other than periodic 
>'yum update's and is worth the time to get it right in the first 
>place. This is a lot easier if you have an identical spare machine 
>to build a replacement that you can tweak and test before swapping 
>into production, but I'd go that route even if I had to do initial 
>testing under vmware and repeat the process to convert the existing 
>machine.  You'll want a full backup of course (whether you are doing 
>a conversion or not...). Clonezilla-live 
>(http://clonezilla.sourceforge.net/clonezilla-live/) is a handy way 
>to make an image-level copy with a choice of ways to access storage 
>for them (nfs/smb/ssh).

This is the way I originally upgraded from RH6 to FC6.  It's just a 
little more expensive but I was planning on upgrading the hardware 
anyway.  That new machine has only been in operation for about a year 
and is running like a top - 2 1.8 ghz cpu's, 2 gb ram, Dell raid card 
and hot spare.

I think I will stick with FC6 for about 6-12 months and then build a 
newer machine...


Ed Kasky
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