How to save what I need

[jim]

I have Fc3 on my Desktop PC It is running my webserver stuff as we speek. I downloaded CentOS as its replacement. What steps do i need to take so that the conversion is as simple as possible. Config files, settings etc...
whats running
httpd
postfix
php
mysql

[jonest]

This is a vague guess based upon what you have written and what I would do. First, your probably not going to be able to do a straight software upgrade. Therefore, I would back up the following directories based upon default installations, etc.
/home (just in case)
/etc
/var/www (or wherever else your web application resides)
For mysql, I would login to the mysql monitor and make sure you have a listing of all your db's. Next, I would use mysqldump to output the mysql db data to a sql file. I have had success with the --opt option, please see the mysqldump man page for further options.

[jim]

as I go through the process in the next day or so, i'm sure i'll post questions before i mess anything up !