FC5 doesn't start up right.

[Chong Yu Meng]

On Wed, 2006-07-19 at 10:52 -0400, Poohba wrote:
> starting over I guess is probably the easiest.  I did the upgrade via
> the dvd I downloaded.  I did expect the upgrade to fix the problems I
> was having but apparently they just upgraded them.  :)  I would like
> to keep my web, ftp, vnc, samba config files.  They shouldn't cause a
> problem correct?  

Hi Poohba,

Depending on how you configured it, you may still be able to use your
Apache config -- or not. Because FC5 uses version 2.2 now, not 2.0.x.
Samba may be a problem if you are connecting to a domain, but you'll
have to try it for yourself. I can't say anything about VNC because I
have never used it on Linux, and FTP is another unknown because I have
never run anything except anonymous FTP using vsftpd.


> What else would I possible want to keep?
> 
> [10:43:50 root@~]df -h
> Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> /dev/hda1             117G  108G  3.6G  97% /
> none                  506M     0  506M   0% /dev/shm
> /dev/hda3             9.7G  7.0G  2.3G  76% /home
> /dev/hdb1             115G  108G  1.2G  99% /mnt/Music
> /dev/hdb2             115G  101G  8.0G  93% /mnt/Video
> /dev/hda2              20G  3.2G   16G  18% /usr/local
> 
You may want to move your music and videos out of /mnt to someplace else
-- like an external USB hard disk. Actually, why do you even have
directories with data in /mnt? Although it is possible to use /mnt as a
normal directory, I normally use it only for mount points to removable
storage -- but, hey, whatever floats your boat.

External hard disks are very good investments, in my view. You may want
to consider buying one for yourself. I have one hard disk that stores
the whole DVD for FC5, updates and extras, just in case I need to go to
the data center to update something, or to do a emergency kickstart
install.

> Can I keep /mnt... and /home when I do the fresh install?  I can just
> choose not to format that correct?
> 
Well, yes, you can choose not to format them and they should be fine,
but you should still consider backing them all up in case something goes
wrong. An external hard disk may be a good idea! 250GB should do the
trick.
> 
> 

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