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