First, I'd like to express my amazement that you actually got Linux to run on a Viao at all ;-) In order to upgrade it, I would suggest using RedHat's upgrade path. Make a boot disk before doing anything, then just boot off of the latest/greatest CD and select upgrade instead of install. I believe that there is also some sort of central repository (up2date, I think) that will update your system for you. You could, if you feel like being creative, grab everything from their FTP site and `rpm -Uvh *`, but that could cause a few problems.
Either that, or you could install Debian and do an `apt-get dist-upgrade` ;-) C-Ya, Kenny "Joshua S. Freeman" wrote: > > i have an old vaio laptop with VA 'enhanced' Redhat linux 6.2 with kernel > 2.2.19 and 2.2.18 on it... > > It has apache, PHP and postgres on it but not MySQL... > > I want to update it. > > i want to use it for continuing my learning of PHP/MySQL and perl.. etc... > > What's the most painless way to give it a new kernel and a new version of > straight RedHat latest/greatest? > > I'm basically looking for a path to follow that will get me updated but > which minimizes the risk of me accidentally blowing away the OS or locking > myself out... > > I know just enough about these things to be dangerous... mainly to myself. > > Any advice appreciated! > > TIA, > > j. > > ***************************************************************** > To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. > ***************************************************************** -- --------------------------------------------------- Kenneth E. Lussier Geek by nature, Linux by choice PGP KeyID C0D2BA57 Public key http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xC0D2BA57 ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
