Les Mikesell wrote: > John Summerfield wrote: > >>> >>>> I maintain a RHL 7.3 system; what's involved in switching it to >>>> CentOS2.1? >>> >>> >>> >>> My sympathies go out to you. :-) > > > Actually an RH 7.3 with its last updates is an incredibly solid > system. I have a one (firewalled, I don't think I'd trust it > on the internet) doing quite a bit of work that hasn't been > rebooted in 3+ years - I've forgotten exactly because the uptime > counter had a bug and rolls every 497 days. Mine _is_ the firewall, and it does have some services pointed at the Internet. > >>> >>>> >>>> I presume I need to replace the /etc/releases file, the yum >>>> configuration and (maybe) force-reinstall some upgrades >>> >>> >>> >>> I have never actually tried to do the upgrade but years ago when RHEL >>> (then >>> called 2.1AS) was new, I used a 7.3 system to build the 2.1AS rpms. The >>> biggest problem I had was that some of the 7.3 packages were newer >>> then the >>> 2.1AS packages. IIRC 2.1AS was based off of RHL 7.2. >>> >>> I suspect that trying to do the upgrade from 7.3 to CentOS2.1, >>> _might_ leave >>> you with some packages not up to date. >> >> >> >> Those I can identify at my leisure and apply a little force to. >> Possibly, some were new in RHL 7.3. > > > Is there some reason to use Centos 2.x instead of 3.x? I don't see > any showstopper issues between everything I have running on 7.3 > and Centos 3, although I'd probably install from scratch and > back in my old configs instead of expecting an upgrade to work. Centos 2.1 is basically RHL 7.2, It should have a good fit for packages, require _no_ reconfiguration and basically require nothing more than a litte force to upgrade to some older packages and a watchful eye for new orphans. I think without checking the GRUB becomes an orphan, but I can live with that. -- Cheers John -- spambait 1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Z1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Please do not reply off-list