CentOS - Jan 2005 - RHEL 4 => CentOS 4

Hi,
I would like to try to switch from CentOS 3.4 => CentOS 4 beta.

I hava a couple of questions:

-is possible to upadte/upgrade my test box from 3.4 => 4 and what are 
the yum.conf settings/requirements?

-is it easy to update your CentOS 4 beta => CentOS 4 when the stable 
version comes out?

Thanks in advance!
-- 
Kind Regards,

Michiel van Es

Hmmm..tried to install the centos-release rpm and updated my yum.conf 
with the one from Johnny Hughes.
yum update:
Resolving dependencies
.Package clamav needs libcurl.so.2, this is not available.
Package clamd needs libcurl.so.2, this is not available.
Package clamav-milter needs libcurl.so.2, this is not available.
Package redhat-config-mouse needs /usr/bin/python2.2, this is not available.
Package redhat-config-keyboard needs /usr/bin/python2.2, this is not 
available.
Package redhat-config-language needs /usr/bin/python2.2, this is not 
available.
Package redhat-config-rootpassword needs /usr/bin/python2.2, this is not 
available.
Package redhat-config-kickstart needs /usr/bin/python2.2, this is not 
available.
Package redhat-config-securitylevel needs /usr/bin/python2.2, this is 
not available.
Package redhat-config-samba needs /usr/bin/python2.2, this is not available.
Package redhat-config-nfs needs /usr/bin/python2.2, this is not available.
Package redhat-config-soundcard needs /usr/bin/python2.2, this is not 
available.
Package redhat-config-users needs /usr/bin/python2.2, this is not available.
Package redhat-config-date needs /usr/bin/python2.2, this is not available.
Package imap needs libcom_err.so.3, this is not available.
Package clamav needs libcom_err.so.3, this is not available.
Package clamd needs libcom_err.so.3, this is not available.
Package clamav-milter needs libcom_err.so.3, this is not available.

Is there a fix for this?
I don't like the thought of removing my Clamav packages :(

Thanks in advance.

Michiel van Es

Michiel van Es wrote:
> Hi,
> I would like to try to switch from CentOS 3.4 => CentOS 4 beta.
> 
> I hava a couple of questions:
> 
> -is possible to upadte/upgrade my test box from 3.4 => 4 and what are 
> the yum.conf settings/requirements?
> 
> -is it easy to update your CentOS 4 beta => CentOS 4 when the stable 
> version comes out?
> 
> Thanks in advance!

On Mon, 2005-01-17 at 11:25 +0100, Michiel van Es wrote:
> Hi,
> I would like to try to switch from CentOS 3.4 => CentOS 4 beta.
> 
> I hava a couple of questions:
> 
> -is possible to upadte/upgrade my test box from 3.4 => 4 and what are 
> the yum.conf settings/requirements?
I tried with yum, it didn't work out very well.  Since python and rpm
have major upgrades in the process it doesn't go well.  I was able to
get the upgrade done, but the end result was not as user friendly as I
would like.
> 
> -is it easy to update your CentOS 4 beta => CentOS 4 when the stable 
> version comes out?
When I used anaconda the results were much better.  At the first
isolinux prompt, type the command:

linux upgradeany

And then pick upgrade the CentOS install.

This method worked OK for 4 test installs that I upgraded.  (x86
workstation, x86 server, x86_64 workstation, x86_64 server).

So, my recommendation, use anaconda and not yum to do the upgrade.

I expect the RHEL final to be released soon...they have removed all the
files from the RHN RHEL4 Beta Channels.  That is exactly what they did
before the last release of RHEL 3.  You might want to wait unless this
is a test machine.

-- 
Johnny Hughes
<http://www.HughesJR.com/>

On Mon, 17 Jan 2005, Michiel van Es wrote:
> I would like to try to switch from CentOS 3.4 => CentOS 4 beta.
This is not the 'RHEL 4 => CentOS 4' which your subject 
indicated; A daring move -- I am still getting kernel lockups 
when running X under the centos-4-beta2 candidate
> -is possible to upadte/upgrade my test box from 3.4 => 4 and what are
the
> yum.conf settings/requirements?
This is not fully tested yet -- For testing purposes, I have 
the beta ISO's loop mounted in a local mirror archive and 
point my yum.conf at that local archive.  See my scripts at:
 	ftp://ftp.owlriver.com/pub/mirror/ORC/k12ltsp
and particularly
 	install-from-iso.sh
and the writeup on their use at:
 	http://www.owlriver.com/tips/pxe-install/
and the more general treatment at:
 	http://www.owlriver.com/tips/centos-31-ex-rhl-9/
> -is it easy to update your CentOS 4 beta => CentOS 4 when the stable
version
> comes out?
<smile>  This would be predicting hte future, of course; it is 
doable presently with the latter page's method.  'easy' is a 
value judgment.

Good luck -- feel free to ask questions and share 
expereinces here.

-- Russ Herrold