Changing OS

[jeffleeismyhero]

I am looking to replace Fedora Core 5 with CentOS and I would like to make it as seamless as possible. I will be keeping the same server so all of the addresses will remain the same.

Is it possible to restore a full backup and have ALL server settings reapply? I would like to take my backup, upload it to the fresh OS install, import it, and be back at the point I was before the OS switch.

Please let me know your thoughts on this. I am simply trying to minimize downtime as much as possible, and do not want to re-apply all of the settings for the machine.

WHM 11.11.0 cPanel 11.15.0-C18033
FEDORA 5 i686 on standard - WHM X v3.1.0

 

[c0mr4de]

Just create a /home partiion, and you won't lose any data!

 

[jeffleeismyhero]

I'm not worried about losing data as much as I am worried about time. I don't want to spend a day reapplying all of the settings and configurations for cPanel that I have on my current OS. The data will be restored with the backup, I just want to know if the settings for the server (not each account) will be as well.

 

[Lyttek]

Nope... you'll be spending some time reinstalling extra software, reconfiguring things, etc.

Complete backups basically give you enough info to recreate your user accounts... server settings aren't included.

 

[cPanelDavidG]

Nope... you'll be spending some time reinstalling extra software, reconfiguring things, etc.

Complete backups basically give you enough info to recreate your user accounts... server settings aren't included.

Some server settings are included, but anything server-specific like hostname and IP would not be included.