[CentOS] Migrating from RHEL 4 to CentOS
Scott Sharkey
ssharkey at linuxunlimited.com
Tue Jul 19 15:30:38 UTC 2005
Will this work for updating from CentOS-3 to CentOS-4 as well?
Everything I've seen so far seems to be recommending a complete
re-install. I've not gotten the opportunity to test it myself, but
if I update those three rpms, can I upgrade -3?
-Scott
Mike Kercher wrote:
> You just need the centos-release rpm, yum and yum-conf rpms. You may have
> to force the centos-release install. Import the GPG key from a mirror and
> then run 'yum update'. The Centos rpms are already stripped of Redhat
> trademark issues.
>
> Mike
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Of techlist at pathfinder.phys.utk.edu
> Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 12:54 PM
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> Subject: [CentOS] Migrating from RHEL 4 to CentOS
>
>
> Hello,
> I'm thinking about migrating from RHEL 4 to CentOS. Is there a document that
> provide pointer / guidance for doing that ? or is this document:
> http://www.centos.org/modules/smartfaq/faq.php?faqid=19
> relevant enough to follow in my situation ?
>
> I understand that I should probably strip the install of any RedHat images,
> trademark, etc, as to not infringing any copyright. So I am wondering if
> there's a list of things to do / document to show that.
>
> My current installation is:
>
> $ cat /etc/redhat-release
> Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS release 4 (Nahant Update 1)
>
> Thanks for any help / pointer.
>
> RDB
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