[CentOS] CentOS Stream 8 dnf fails

Mon Feb 14 15:08:53 UTC 2022
Bill Gee <bgee at campercaver.net>

Ah, additional details.  Thanks!  The download is started.   Running REALLY slow (like 24kb per second!) but it is running.  I am not in a big hurry.

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Bill Gee


On Monday, February 14, 2022 6:48:44 AM CST Pete Biggs wrote:
> On Mon, 2022-02-14 at 06:36 -0600, Bill Gee wrote:
> > Hmmmm.....  I thought I was already on stream, but apparently not. 
> > /etc/redhat-release says it is not stream.
> > 
> > I looked for a method to upgrade.  Found some notes at techrepublic.
> > The first step is to install centos-release-stream, which fails.  So
> > what is the method for doing an upgrade?
> 
> I gave you the link for the official way of doing it:
> 
>   https://centos.org/download/
> 
> 
> Click on the "CentOS Stream" purple bit at the top, then on the '8'
> purple bit. Then scroll down to "Converting from CentOS Linux 8 to
> CentOS Stream 8". If your machine hasn't been updated for a while, you
> might need to add '--allowerasing' to the comand line to swap the
> distros.
> 
> If it doesn't work, then please let the list know any error messages so
> someone can help you.
> 
> P.
> 
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