rh9 out Fedora in

[Bob McClure Jr]

On Sat, Apr 24, 2004 at 11:33:59AM -0400, David Cartwright wrote:
> I am about to go Fedora. I will be dumping rh9. I have ordered iso disks 
> from a vendor and will install on a new hard drive I am installing to 
> replace the small one currently running rh9.
> I understand Fedora is standalone but I am not sure how it compares to 
> rh9. My request via this missive is for recommendations from you out 
> there as to what I should save from the rh9 install that would be useful 
> with Fedora, if anything. I could burn all the files to cd but don't 
> feel like doing that if not productive...they will set and gather dust 
> probably and I have enough of those kind already. I do still have the 
> original rh package disks. All suggestions welcome.
> 
> Thanks,
> David

Well you want /home, and you probably want /etc for reference.  But I
would copy the small disk to the large disk, make sure it works by
itself (boots, runs), the do an upgrade by booting the CD.  Fedora
Core 1 is precious little more than RH 10, so an upgrade is fairly
painless.

If you choose to install FC1 instead, don't restore /home until after
the install is complete and you have created the users with the same
UIDs as on the old drive.

Cheers,
-- 
Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
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