Install 4.0 on 3.0

[Eric Dunbar]

Re: upgrading YDL 3.0.x to 4.0

On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 11:19:43 -0800, Daniel Gimpelevich
<daniel at gimpelevich.san-francisco.ca.us> wrote:
> Someone posted this immediately after 4.0 came out:
> <http://www.shiner.info/?manuals/ANS-from-3-to-4.html>
> Some adjustments have to be made to that page, though. Step 1 is obsolete;
> you now simply replace your /etc/yum.conf file with the one at
> <http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/pipermail/yellowdog-general/2004-December/017330.html>
> and do a "yum clean all" before continuing with Step 2. Step 5 no longer
> applies because yum will now install a nearly universal kernel, which you
> will immediately want to put in your /etc/yaboot.conf and issue a
> "/sbin/ybin -v" command. If you are using BootX, instead copy the kernel
> from /boot to your Linux Kernels folder, and also copy the matching
> initrd-(version).img, which you will need for the Use Ramdisk option which
> must now be ON. Set the Additional Kernel Arguments to "rhgb quiet" and
> save preferences. After booting the new kernel, continue with Step 6.

Some questions of my own:

Will this procedure pull down a kernel appropriate for an OldWorld machine?

Does "installing in place" wreak havoc on the configuration of
pre-existing server and PHP software (Apache (WebDAV), SMB and AFS
file sharing, and Webalizer, Webmin and Gallery
(<http://gallery.sourceforge.net/>))?

Eric.