Re: [CentOS] converting a RHEL box to CentOS

On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Alan McKay alan.mckay@gmail.com wrote:

Hey folks,

Google found nothing in this list archives for me but did find this : http://www.unixmen.com/how-to-jul-convert-rhel-5-to-centos-5/

Before I just go try that on one of my systems can someone confirm that it works?

I'm running RHEL 5.7 so I guess I'd replace the 5.4 in the URL with 5.7

Basically I let my RHEL licenses run out (never really used them) and am getting warnings now from yum. Want to just switch over to the CentOS repos.

Anything to be wary of doing this?

This CentOS wiki article will help you:

http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/MigrationGuide (section "Migration an existing system from RHEL5 to CentOS 5")

Akemi