On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 03:21:16PM -0700, Scott Silva wrote: > on 6-16-2009 3:13 PM John R Pierce spake the following: > > John R Pierce wrote: > >> see Migration from RHEL5 to CentOS5 near the bottom of > >> http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/MigrationGuide > >> > >> if you have 4, its similar but different. if you have 3, time to wipe > >> and upgrade IMHO. > >> > > > > oops, eat my words, here's RHEL3 > > > > http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/CentOS3#head-10bce23c2383ab4be8a9f0926578e96f5e0a8f5d > > > > IIRC, the procedure for RHEL4->CentOS4 is somewhere between the 3 and 5 > > process. you need to install yum and the repo files as well as the > > centos keys, then do the rest ... > > > > note all these procedures will result in a hybrid system where some of > > your packages are from the upstream vendor, and others from the centos > > project. while this SHOULD work together OK, and many of us have done > > exactly that, it is officially UNTESTED and you're on your own. > > It's CentOS... Except for the forums and the mailing lists, you are on your > own anyway! Alternately, if for whatever reason you'd prefer to stick with RHEL and have a small amount of $$ to spend: https://www.redhat.com/apps/store/developers/jboss_developer_studio.html Is a good option. No support, but full access to updates. You could also easily switch over to a full support entitlement if you needed support on the system later. Nothing wrong with the CentOS route of course. :) Ray