CentOS - Sep 2013 - converting a RHEL box to CentOS

Hey folks,

Google found nothing in this list archives for me but did find this :
http://www.unixmen.com/how-to-jul-convert-rhel-5-to-centos-5/

Before I just go try that on one of my systems can someone confirm
that it works?

I'm running RHEL 5.7 so I guess I'd replace the 5.4 in the URL with 5.7

Basically I let my RHEL licenses run out (never really used them) and
am getting warnings now from yum.   Want to just switch over to the
CentOS repos.

Anything to be wary of doing this?

thanks,
-Alan

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On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Alan McKay <alan.mckay at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hey folks,
>
> Google found nothing in this list archives for me but did find this :
> http://www.unixmen.com/how-to-jul-convert-rhel-5-to-centos-5/
>
> Before I just go try that on one of my systems can someone confirm
> that it works?
>
> I'm running RHEL 5.7 so I guess I'd replace the 5.4 in the URL with
5.7
>
> Basically I let my RHEL licenses run out (never really used them) and
> am getting warnings now from yum.   Want to just switch over to the
> CentOS repos.
>
> Anything to be wary of doing this?
This CentOS wiki article will help you:

http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/MigrationGuide
(section "Migration an existing system from RHEL5 to CentOS 5")

Akemi