On 11/26/2015 10:18 AM, Tris Hoar wrote:> To access RHN you will need a support agreement with Red Hat. You > could use the packages from Centos, but it would be better to just > rebuild the server if you are going down that route.long ago, far away, I successfully converted several RHEL boxes to CentOS by making a list of all the RPMs and replacing them with the centos equivalents, after removing the RHN related packages and manually installing the CentOS equivalents. But I think it was RHEL 3 or 4 when I last did this. -- john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz
On 26/11/2015 18:22, John R Pierce wrote:> On 11/26/2015 10:18 AM, Tris Hoar wrote: >> To access RHN you will need a support agreement with Red Hat. You >> could use the packages from Centos, but it would be better to just >> rebuild the server if you are going down that route. > > long ago, far away, I successfully converted several RHEL boxes to > CentOS by making a list of all the RPMs and replacing them with the > centos equivalents, after removing the RHN related packages and manually > installing the CentOS equivalents. But I think it was RHEL 3 or 4 when > I last did this. > > >I've done the same in with RHEL5 and it worked fine, but its not something I'd do to a production system. Tris ************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify postmaster at bgfl.org The views expressed within this email are those of the individual, and not necessarily those of the organisation *************************************************************
what I did is to take note of exaclty the same package that were installed on mi centos 7. Then I download the 3 packages on my rhel , and installed in the same order with rpm. I worked ... Thanks. On 26/11/15 15:24, Tris Hoar wrote:> On 26/11/2015 18:22, John R Pierce wrote: >> On 11/26/2015 10:18 AM, Tris Hoar wrote: >>> To access RHN you will need a support agreement with Red Hat. You >>> could use the packages from Centos, but it would be better to just >>> rebuild the server if you are going down that route. >> >> long ago, far away, I successfully converted several RHEL boxes to >> CentOS by making a list of all the RPMs and replacing them with the >> centos equivalents, after removing the RHN related packages and manually >> installing the CentOS equivalents. But I think it was RHEL 3 or 4 when >> I last did this. >> >> >> > I've done the same in with RHEL5 and it worked fine, but its not > something I'd do to a production system. > > Tris > > > ************************************************************* > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential > and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom > they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please > notify postmaster at bgfl.org > > The views expressed within this email are those of the individual, and > not necessarily those of the organisation > ************************************************************* > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos