> -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org > [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Nick Wales > Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 9:09 AM > To: centos at centos.org > Subject: [CentOS] Moving from whitebox 4.2 to centos > > I've been following the faq for moving from whitebox to > centos (which admittedly is for release 3, but using the > equivalent release 4 files) and keep getting stuck when > installing the centos-release-4-2.1 rpm which says it should > replace whitebox-release4.2 > > However this is not happening, giving me the following > > rpm -Uvh > http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/centos-r > elease-4-2.1.i386.rpm > Retrieving > http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/centos-r > elease-4-2.1.i386.rpm > error: Failed dependencies: > /etc/whitebox-release is needed by (installed) > initscripts-7.93.11.EL-1.WB1.i386 > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks > > Nick > > Try downloading the initscripts for Centos and install it at the same time. I've had to --force the -release rpm before too. Mike