I have a SGI Altix 350 (ia64) that came with RHAS 4, but without any paid support. I would like to migrate the server over to CentOS. Here is what I've pieced together from some older posts by Johnny, can someone confirm this should work? I know this is somewhat covered in the FAQ, although both entries refer to FC or WBEL, which already have built-in yum support.
Install the following files: http://vault.centos.org/4.2/os/ia64/CentOS/RPMS/ yum-2.4.0-1.centos4.noarch.rpm http://vault.centos.org/4.2/os/ia64/CentOS/RPMS/centos- release-4-2.1.ia64.rpm http://vault.centos.org/4.2/os/ia64/CentOS/RPMS/centos- yumconf-4-4.3.noarch.rpm
Edit /etc/yum.conf and perform a "yum update".
Thanks,
-- Jason Dixon DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net
On Tue, 2006-05-02 at 16:28 -0400, Jason Dixon wrote:
I have a SGI Altix 350 (ia64) that came with RHAS 4, but without any paid support. I would like to migrate the server over to CentOS. Here is what I've pieced together from some older posts by Johnny, can someone confirm this should work? I know this is somewhat covered in the FAQ, although both entries refer to FC or WBEL, which already have built-in yum support.
Install the following files: http://vault.centos.org/4.2/os/ia64/CentOS/RPMS/ yum-2.4.0-1.centos4.noarch.rpm http://vault.centos.org/4.2/os/ia64/CentOS/RPMS/centos- release-4-2.1.ia64.rpm http://vault.centos.org/4.2/os/ia64/CentOS/RPMS/centos- yumconf-4-4.3.noarch.rpm
Edit /etc/yum.conf and perform a "yum update".
Thanks,
-- Jason Dixon DixonGroup Consulting
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Wouldn't it be better to to a brand new install since all the components have been recompiled for CentOS? The fact that things may be binary compatible doesn't address the unexpected gotchas when some minor revision of some critical library that has an unexpected side-effect ...
That is, support would be easier and cleaner?
HTH
If nothing significant is installed on the server besides the OS, then I'd suggest doing a reinstall.
Otherwise what you've written seems OK - except it'd probably make more sense to install the most uptodate (ie 4.3 or even 4.3 updates) versions of the listed packages.
Cheers, MaZe.
On Tue, 2 May 2006, Jason Dixon wrote:
I have a SGI Altix 350 (ia64) that came with RHAS 4, but without any paid support. I would like to migrate the server over to CentOS. Here is what I've pieced together from some older posts by Johnny, can someone confirm this should work? I know this is somewhat covered in the FAQ, although both entries refer to FC or WBEL, which already have built-in yum support.
Install the following files: http://vault.centos.org/4.2/os/ia64/CentOS/RPMS/yum-2.4.0-1.centos4.noarch.r... http://vault.centos.org/4.2/os/ia64/CentOS/RPMS/centos-release-4-2.1.ia64.rp... http://vault.centos.org/4.2/os/ia64/CentOS/RPMS/centos-yumconf-4-4.3.noarch....
Edit /etc/yum.conf and perform a "yum update".
Thanks,
-- Jason Dixon DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net
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On Tue, 2006-05-02 at 16:28 -0400, Jason Dixon wrote:
I have a SGI Altix 350 (ia64) that came with RHAS 4, but without any paid support. I would like to migrate the server over to CentOS. Here is what I've pieced together from some older posts by Johnny, can someone confirm this should work? I know this is somewhat covered in the FAQ, although both entries refer to FC or WBEL, which already have built-in yum support.
Install the following files: http://vault.centos.org/4.2/os/ia64/CentOS/RPMS/ yum-2.4.0-1.centos4.noarch.rpm http://vault.centos.org/4.2/os/ia64/CentOS/RPMS/centos- release-4-2.1.ia64.rpm http://vault.centos.org/4.2/os/ia64/CentOS/RPMS/centos- yumconf-4-4.3.noarch.rpm
Edit /etc/yum.conf and perform a "yum update".
Jason ... you will also need to install any yum dependencies ... sqlite, python-urlgrabber, python-elementree, python-sqlite come to mind as probably required as a manual install. I think it should work after that like this.
On May 2, 2006, at 7:08 PM, Johnny Hughes wrote:
On Tue, 2006-05-02 at 16:28 -0400, Jason Dixon wrote:
I have a SGI Altix 350 (ia64) that came with RHAS 4, but without any paid support. I would like to migrate the server over to CentOS. Here is what I've pieced together from some older posts by Johnny, can someone confirm this should work? I know this is somewhat covered in the FAQ, although both entries refer to FC or WBEL, which already have built-in yum support.
Install the following files: http://vault.centos.org/4.2/os/ia64/CentOS/RPMS/ yum-2.4.0-1.centos4.noarch.rpm http://vault.centos.org/4.2/os/ia64/CentOS/RPMS/centos- release-4-2.1.ia64.rpm http://vault.centos.org/4.2/os/ia64/CentOS/RPMS/centos- yumconf-4-4.3.noarch.rpm
Edit /etc/yum.conf and perform a "yum update".
Jason ... you will also need to install any yum dependencies ... sqlite, python-urlgrabber, python-elementree, python-sqlite come to mind as probably required as a manual install. I think it should work after that like this.
Thanks to Johnny, Maciej and William for their feedback. I am going to attempt the aforementioned "migration" first. If this fails spectacularly, rest assured I will reinstall with CentOS 4.x and restore from backup.
Thanks again,
-- Jason Dixon DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net
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