CentOS - Jul 2005 - RedHat to CentOS transition

I installed RHEL ES 4.0 on a new server because I had the disks.  The problem is
that the new server does not have a RedHat network subscription and can't
use Up2date to keep itself current.  We set up a script that just runs apt once
a week, but I am curious whether there is some way of changing the box into a
CentOS machine and using your Up2Date to get updates from one of the mirrors.
 
I read on the White Box site that they use a Fedora Yum package and a modified
version of Up2Date to accomplish the same thing as RedHat's tool.  I assume
CentOS is the same way.  Can I just install those packages and modify the
/etc/redhat-release or is there more to it?

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On 7/1/05, Matt Jaffe <mjaffe at scires.com>
wrote:
> I read on the White Box site that they use a Fedora Yum package and a
> modified version of Up2Date to accomplish the same thing as RedHat's
tool.
> I assume CentOS is the same way.  Can I just install those packages and
> modify the /etc/redhat-release or is there more to it? 
This will probably provide a pretty good guide:

http://www.centos.org/modules/smartfaq/faq.php?faqid=19

Not exactly what you need - not too far off.

Greg