Upgrade or Change Distro, whilst keeping all data

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JoseKreif
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Upgrade or Change Distro, whilst keeping all data

Post by JoseKreif » 2015/10/06 00:10:58

This may be a newbie question, but

I got a CentOS 6.6 32bit set up in Virtual Box. I want to either upgrade it to Centos 7 64bit or switch it over to the latest version of OpenSUSE.

Beings this is all on a virtual box, my main concern is not just getting an updated Distro. Because I can just install clean Distros all day.

This CentOS 6.6 system I have has a lot of stuff on it which is the reason I need and use it. It's not just personal data in the home directory either.I'm talking Databases and the Developer Environment... Progess/ABL/4GL/Open Edge to be more precise.


Is it possible to update my OS version and keep everything, or even as crazy as it sounds, change Distros and keep everything?

gerald_clark
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Re: Upgrade or Change Distro, whilst keeping all data

Post by gerald_clark » 2015/10/06 00:42:43

There is no supported upgrade path from CentOS 6 to CentOS 7.
Do a fresh install and migrate your data over.
Since you are running VirtualBox you can set up a test machine to see if everything you need is available.
Additional packages are available from epel and nux-dextop.

drk
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Re: Upgrade or Change Distro, whilst keeping all data

Post by drk » 2015/10/06 05:35:52

In the mean time, update it to 6.7 ;)

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