Is it possible to convert an RHEL 3 system into Centos 3 without reinstalling the OS? -- A k o p P o g o s i a n (akopps at ls.berkeley.edu) Unix Consultant Letters & Science Computer Resources 461 Birge Hall (phone: 510-643-2989)
On Thu, 2005-06-02 at 18:35 -0700, Akop Pogosian wrote:> Is it possible to convert an RHEL 3 system into Centos 3 without > reinstalling the OS? >Yes, You can install yum, centos-release, centos-yumcache, centos-yumconf from the CentOS-3 mirror: http://mirror.centos.org/centos/3/os/i386/RedHat/RPMS/ Import the CentOS key: http://www.centos.org/modules/smartfaq/faq.php?faqid=29 Then the command: yum upgrade Should get you totally upgraded. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20050602/72cb3f5c/attachment-0004.sig>
On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 08:50:36PM -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote:> On Thu, 2005-06-02 at 18:35 -0700, Akop Pogosian wrote: > > Is it possible to convert an RHEL 3 system into Centos 3 without > > reinstalling the OS? > > > Yes, > > You can install yum, centos-release, centos-yumcache, centos-yumconf > from the CentOS-3 mirror: > > http://mirror.centos.org/centos/3/os/i386/RedHat/RPMS/ > > Import the CentOS key: > > http://www.centos.org/modules/smartfaq/faq.php?faqid=29 > > Then the command: > > yum upgrade > > Should get you totally upgraded.Thanks, I'll try it. By the way, does using up2date still work for this purpose? It works fine with our local yum repository. -akop