It should be sufficient to install the CentOS-3 GPG key and point yum CentOS-3 updates. There is no need to reinstall when migrating from WB/RHEL3 etc to CentOS-3. If you want the boxes to look like CentOS-3 there are a few RPM which you can install from CentOS-3. comps/comps-extras initscripts (i think you might need this one) centos-release If someone wants to keep a complete list of tasks I will add it to my Migration pages (which have been a bit neglected). http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/centos-2/migration.htm You might want to check my "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 AS/ES/WS x86 Live Errata Update to CentOS-2" notes before you begin. John. Tony Wicks wrote: > Hi all, I'm looking at converting all my Whitebox servers to Centos > (I've already done a couple without any issues) as I am unhappy about > the lack of updates or willingness to accept help on the part of the > Whitebox maintainers. (I run one of the main mirrors and they don't even > reply to my emails !). My question is, is the community around Centos > "active" (ie prompt updates etc). It certainly seems to be from what I > can see, but I'd hate to migrate 30 servers then need to move to > something else again later on. > > Thanks all > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at caosity.org > http://lists.caosity.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > -- John Newbigin Computer Systems Officer Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies Swinburne University of Technology Melbourne, Australia http://www.it.swin.edu.au/staff/jnewbigin