To support products for 22 years is difficult. Using VMware is a good solution that we have been using for a long time. I even use Win2000 pro for some applications and Dos all under VMWare. The connection to the Linux file system is "samba".
Everyone misses the point. The problem is setting up a system the way we want it and the ability to do that after RH 7 is broken! and has some land mines. A function that can wipe out a file system is flawed and cannot be trusted. Fortunately VMware works - we just bought a new VMWare version. Update is painless. Larry Linder On Tue, 2021-06-29 at 09:48 -0700, Konstantin Olchanski wrote: > On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 06:43:12AM +0000, Nick Matchett wrote: > > I hope that someone could help me identify an individual or business that > > would be able to help me with the following problem. > > My business has some software that we acquired the responsibility to > > maintain and support, and currently sits on Scientific Linux version 6.3. > > Unfortunately, we are at a stage where our customers are asking to bring > > the software onto a more current version of a Linux platform. > > We would like to migrate to Red Hat or CentOS version 7.9 (or perhaps > > version 8) > > > Oh, boy! We are on the receiving end of such problem with Altera. Their > latest fpga compiler > does not support cyclone-1 FPGA, the last version that does still by a miracle > runs on ubuntu and centos7, and of course Altera will never update it. As if > nobody needs > to compile cyclone-1 fpga code. > > If, like in this case, your application still does something useful and your > customers still > want to run it, perhaps simplest is not to monkey around with it, just > package it > as a VM container that runs on current-ish linuxes. > > > I hope that someone could help me identify an individual or business > > I wish you best luck with hiring the right staff, contractor or consultant to > resolve your trouble. > > K.O. > > > > > > > > > > We have been working on a migration from Scientific Linux 6.3 to Redhat 7.9. > > > > Unfortunately, we have limited Linux OS skills in our business, and we have > > approached this with a fresh RH 7.9 install and then applying the RPM of > > our software. There is a big mismatch between Scientific Linux 6.3 to > > Redhat 7.9 in terms of libraries, file structure and type of libraries > > between the software and we have not been able to reconcile those. > > > > > > > > I would appreciate any suggestion or advice on the best upgrade path to > > achieve this update and would be happy to take recommendations on > > individuals or companies who might be interested in a professional service > > engagement to help solve the problem. > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance >