[rhelv6-list] upgrade from RHEL 5.5
Chris Adams
cmadams at hiwaay.net
Fri Nov 12 00:47:30 UTC 2010
Once upon a time, gregwm <rhelv6-beta-list at greatlakedata.com> said:
> notwithstanding all the
> newfangled virtualisation, what i still do is a fresh install in a fresh
> volume, so i can boot either, and run the other in a chroot, with the
> original home directories available to both (and --rbind's of proc, dev, and
> tmp). that really helps when the need arises to explore and understand the
> differences. sometimes it's easier to keep on maintaining the hybrid
> environment for awhile while awaiting the spare time to grind through
> certain config upgrades.
Note that that will only work correctly if you either disable SELinux or
relabel whenever you switch back and forth. The policies change between
releases.
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Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.
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