[CentOS] Upgrade from CentOS 5.4 to 5.6 -> 6.0

Sun Jul 17 18:06:20 UTC 2011
Digimer <linux at alteeve.com>

On 07/17/2011 01:59 PM, Nguyen Vu Hung wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am running 5.4
> 
> After running
> 
> sudo yum clean all
> sudo yum update
> 
> We got it upgraded to 5.6
> 
> cat /etc/redhat-release
> CentOS release 5.6 (Final)
> 
> So, how can I get it my CentOS from 5.6 to 6.0?
> 
> [vuhung at -08 ~]$ sudo yum update
> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
>  * base: mirror.vietoss.com
>  * extras: mirror.vietoss.com
>  * updates: mirror.vietoss.com
> Setting up Update Process
> No Packages marked for Update
> 
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Vu Hung

As far as I know, upgrading between major EL versions is not supported.
A full re-install is recommended.

If you wish to try anyway, you will probably need to change the repos to
point to the EL6 repos instead of the EL5 repos.

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