Johnny Hughes wrote: > On Mon, 2005-01-17 at 11:25 +0100, Michiel van Es wrote: > >>Hi, >>I would like to try to switch from CentOS 3.4 => CentOS 4 beta. >> >>I hava a couple of questions: >> >>-is possible to upadte/upgrade my test box from 3.4 => 4 and what are >>the yum.conf settings/requirements? > > > I tried with yum, it didn't work out very well. Since python and rpm > have major upgrades in the process it doesn't go well. I was able to > get the upgrade done, but the end result was not as user friendly as I > would like. so I noticed :( > > >>-is it easy to update your CentOS 4 beta => CentOS 4 when the stable >>version comes out? > > > When I used anaconda the results were much better. At the first > isolinux prompt, type the command: > > linux upgradeany > > And then pick upgrade the CentOS install. > > This method worked OK for 4 test installs that I upgraded. (x86 > workstation, x86 server, x86_64 workstation, x86_64 server). > > So, my recommendation, use anaconda and not yum to do the upgrade. > > I expect the RHEL final to be released soon...they have removed all the > files from the RHN RHEL4 Beta Channels. That is exactly what they did > before the last release of RHEL 3. You might want to wait unless this > is a test machine. Well..perhaps it is better to switch to the Final then..but will the upgrade to 4 Final be much better with yum then the 4 beta? Michiel >