[CentOS] lost RHEL entitlements

Tue Jun 16 22:24:32 UTC 2009
Ray Van Dolson <rayvd at bludgeon.org>

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