On Thu, 2005-08-04 at 08:00 -0800, Colht, Charles wrote:
Can I maintain an RH3 system using centos packages? I admin a non-profit's server and got them RH3 but the subscription has expired. I would rather not reload the os, rather just update it using centos and yum. I haven't worked with yum much, how do I configure it?
If you just interested in just getting updates for the system then this forum thread is probably what your looking for.
http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php? topic_id=1171&forum=27&post_id=3356#forumpost3356
The following covers the conversion of WBEL 3 (another RHEL rebuild) to CentOS 3.
http://www.centos.org/modules/smartfaq/faq.php?faqid=19
I did this migration remotely to a live system about 150miles away from me and it went off without a hitch. The main thing your going to need is the latest version of Yum for Centos 3.5 since RHEL does not include YUM.
After the live migration is done all you need to do to keep the system updated is "yum update" when new updates are announced on the list.
Regards, Paul