[ale] Fedora install?

[Jim Kinney]

How often do you want to do an extensive upgrade of the system? If every 6
months is OK, go straight to F19 and blow away the entire drive and start
over. The installer is usable for a single drive or a raid 1 mirror setup
but not much else.

If you're OK with last years code forever (um Fedora 13? really? owch!)
then install Centos 6.4

don't waste time on the F17 then upgrade cycle. Yes the F18 and 19
installers blow chunks from all orifices but they will work with some
patience.

Or better yet, do an install with F20 and see what it does (then write
about it here!)


On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 5:15 PM, Sean Kilpatrick <kilpatms at gmail.com> wrote:

> **
>
> Although interesting, the recent threads on
> Fedora/RedHat/Centos/Ubuntu/Debian installs failed to answer my current
> question:
>
> My current system:
>
> AMD 64x2 1ghz chip w/4 gig memory
>
> 2 hard drives in Raid 1:
>
> Partition size used
>
> /boot .1 gig 63%
>
> / 10 gig 27%
>
> /home 198 gig 21%
>
> Current OS: FC 13 - 64 bit
>
> I can not upgrade directly (although I am constantly being proded to do so
> by the OS) because the web-based installer gags on the Raid.
>
> I have in hand both Centos 6.3 X86-64 and the same in FC 17.
>
> Given what I have read here on Ale and elsewhere, I am extremely hesitant
> to tackle the FC18 install routine.
>
> Should I install the Centos 6.3 and configure it as a desktop?
>
> Or should I install FC 17 and try to upgrade via the web-based installer?
> That question also asks if the newer web-based install routine can deal
> with a Raid-1. I don't know one way or the other.
>
> Or should I now skip to FC 19, which seems to have a more useable install
> routine?
>
> Or should I wait until FC 20 is stable and try that?
>
> Or give up on Red Hat altogether and install a 64 bit version of Mint,
> which I also have available?
>
> Sean
>
>
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