Johnny Hughes wrote: > Rudi Ahlers wrote: >> Johnny Hughes wrote: >>> Rudi Ahlers wrote: >>>> I've run into some trouble with a new cPanel VPS, and noticed that >>>> it's running CentOS by default, installed via the CentOS http server. >>>> >>>> My question is, how do I downgrade CentOS to 5.1? >>>> >>> >>> There is no way to downgrade, however you can install from a >>> centos-5.1 tree, but centos-5.1 is 5.2 minus a bunch of security >>> upgrades. >>> >>> We will eventually be moving the 5.1 tree to vault.centos.org, but >>> if you want to use it for an extended period of time, you should >>> probably download the tree to a local mirror. >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >> Ok, I understand that, I'm just trying to avoid downloading & >> reinstalling the software on there already..... >> > You can do: > > rpm -qa --last > lastest_rpms > > then edit the file latest_rpms and see what was installed on the upgrade. > > You can then downgrade by hand the packages that are causing your > problems or all of them using: > > rpm -Uvh --oldpackage --replacefiles <path_to_old_package> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Yes, I could do it like this, but this is on a fresh installation of CentOS, not an upgrade, so I have no packages to compare it to :( -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers CEO, SoftDux Web: http://www.SoftDux.com Check out my technical blog, http://blog.softdux.com for Linux or other technical stuff, or visit http://www.WebHostingTalk.co.za for Web Hosting stuff