Michael Thon spake the following on 1/24/2006 11:31 AM: > greetings - I'm trying to upgrade a centos 3.6 box to version 4. I > tried to do an upgrade using yum but that failed and now the Cd > installer is not letting me upgrade either. Here's what I did: > > following the howto, I tried to do the upgrade using yum. I installed > the GPG key and upgraded the centos-release and the centos-yumconf > packages. When I tried to upgrade yum package I ran into dependency > problems. > > I downloaded and reinstalled the version 3.6 centos-release rpm. Then I > downloaded and burned the CDs. > > I boot from the CD but I don't see an option to upgrade. I get to the > installer screen that asks for the type of installation (desktop, > server, workstation etc) but I see no option to perform an upgrade. Is > the upgrade option hidden somewhere? did the installer not detect my > centos 3.6 system? When I tried the yum upgrade, did I do something to > make the installer think I have centos 4 installed (like the GPG key)? > > Any help is appreciated! > cheers > Mike Use the option --upgradeany when you boot from the install cd IE... linux --upgradeany -- /-----------------------\ |~~\_____/~~\__ | | MailScanner; The best |___________ \N1____====== )-+ | protection on the net!| ~~~|/~~ | \-----------------------/ ()