Richard Megginson wrote:
Jim Summers wrote:
> Hello List,
>
> I am closing in on my target date to switch over to FDS. On my test
> machines I have been running with FC4. I need to re-install the
> operating system and when I do I will have to use RHEL4.
>
> My plan was to shutdown the DS.
> Then make a tarball of /opt/fedora-ds and several other directories.
> Next re-install with RHEL4
> Drop in my iptables
> Install fedora-ds and verify the OS / performance settings.
> Then extract my fedora-ds tarball
> and then hold my breath and start the DS service(s) and presto all is
> well???
I have no idea. It should work, but I really don't know if there are
any runtime dependencies in the FDS FC4 RPM binaries that will break
when run on RHEL4.
>
> Does this sound like a feasible approach?
>
> I am a little unsure if it will break any of my configured ssl stuff.
> Which is a basic self-signed scenario using the
> /opt/fedora-ds/shared/bin/certutil for the key generation.
I don't think that will be a problem as long as you don't change the
hostname of the machine.
Also note that upgrading could be a problem since you aren't doing a
standard RPM installation to begin with. You might be able to "trick" it
by installing the Fedora RPM and then untarring over top of that.
rob