Patrick Useldinger wrote: > Hello, > > I am a Slackware user who's interested in learning CentOS. At this point > it is for intellectual curiosity only and not for any real work so the > machine need not be 100% stable at this point. It's most probably going > to be an installation into VMWare. > > Given that, I thought I'd wait for 5-beta (mid-Jan'07) and start with that. > > Will it be possible to upgrade from 5-beta to 5.0? As Red Hat would say, "it's not supported, but it might work." > Or would you advise me to start with 4.4? You can download the RHEL5 beta from ftp.redhat.com or you can register for a complimentary evaluation and get the beta and support channels. Find the announcements for better information re the evaluation version. You could also start with Fedora Core 6 which is the base for RHEL5. -- Cheers John -- spambait 1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Z1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Please do not reply off-list