Upgrading kernel used in PXE boot

[Matt Fahrner]

Personally I just the last 2 days upgraded my best friend and mine's 
1and1 server from FC6 to FC8 via "yum" (it started at FC4). I did this 
all remotely with very little pain. We've found it (Fedora) to be 
extremely stable as a server and quite easy to keep up to date with 
"yum". I've only once or twice had an issue which required tweaking 
after a "yum" update, and even then they were relatively minor.

I don't know if I'd recommend it for a server farm (at Burlington Coat 
Factory where I work, we use SuSE mostly), but I've been pretty 
impressed for an Internet facing web server.

- Matt

Cris Rhea wrote:
>> From: Eric Smith <eric at trueblade.com>
>> Subject: Re: Upgrading kernel used in PXE boot
>>
>> That does help, Cris.  I've been unable to find a FC6 respin (which I'd
>> rather use, as I think the default driver set with the new kernel will
>> work for me), so if I can get this procedure working, I'll be all set.
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Eric.
>>     
>
> I've given up using Fedora for anything server-related. Once they hit
> the next release, they never look back (and the groups who were keeping up
> the patches for the older releases ran out of volunteers).
>
> I have FC8 on a laptop in our computer room (using it as a console/display).
> Every time I go in there, it has at least a dozen updates that need to
> be applied. IMHO, FC8 isn't what I would call "stable", yet they are
> already talking about Alpha releases of FC9 on the lists.
>
> FC6 is very stable, but as you've noticed, you get flak as it is EOL.
>
> Fedora is great if you want to play with cutting-edge packages, but the
> lifespan of any release is only about 6 months.
>
> I'm not trying to start a war on which distribution is better, but I found
> a lot more stability by using RHEL/CentOS for servers. I still use Fedora
> for desktops -- where re-imaging the system isn't that big of a deal
> and I may need the cutting-edge versions to handle new hardware.
>
> Just my $0.02.
>
> --- Cris
>
> BTW:  What hardware are you trying to get running under FC6?
>
> --
>  Cristopher J. Rhea
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