FC1 --> FC5

[LPH]

Hi,

I am new here after being directed by the hosting company to this site. I have a dedicated server that was installed Jan 2005. This is constantly being hacked and so it is time to figure out how to upgrade it. The hosting company says it is my responsibility. :p

OK. I will try but am very ignorant.

Fedora Core 1 is presently on the server. I have tried several different yum.conf files and cannot get any to work. There is a message about failover method being executed followed by out of servers to try.

This is the present yum.conf

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[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
pkgpolicy=newest
distroverpkg=redhat-release
tolerant=1
exactarch=1
retries=20
obsoletes=1
gpgcheck=1

# PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo
# in /etc/yum.repos.d

# THIS CHANNEL CONTAINS MY PSA COMPATIBLE RPMS (php, mysql, qmail-scanner, etc)
[atomic]
name=Atomic Rocket Turtle - $releasever - Atomic PSA-Compatible RPMS
baseurl=http://3es.atomicrocketturtle.com/atomic/art/$releasever/

[psa-7.5]
name=Atomic Rocket Turtle - $releasever - SW-Soft PSA 7.5 RPMS
baseurl=http://3es.atomicrocketturtle.com/atomic/psa-7.5/$releasever/

[base]
name=Atomic Rocket Turtle - $releasever - Base OS RPMS mirror
baseurl=http://3es.atomicrocketturtle.com/3rd-party/base/$releasever/

[updates]
name=Atomic Rocket Turtle - $releasever - OS Update RPMS mirror
baseurl=http://3es.atomicrocketturtle.com/3rd-party/updates/$releasever/

Would someone please make suggestions on how to get FC1 upgraded to FC5 remotely. Second, please explain the problem regarding the yum.conf

Thank you very much.

[scott]

The least risky way (assuming youre running psa 7.5.4):

1) psadump the box
2) restore it to another box/vmware image running FC3
3) upgrade to PSA 8
4) psa dump that
5) reinstall your box with FC5
6) restore your psadump to it

you could also use the migration manager

1) set up a new FC5 box at your hosting company, with PSA 8
2) use the migration manager to transfer your domains to it
3) remove the old system
4) add the old systems IPs to the new system
5) update your domains to use the old IP's