[CentOS] 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 -- “Don't eat anything you've ever seen advertised on TV” - Michael Pollan, author of "In Defense of Food" ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] converting a RHEL box to CentOS
On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Akemi Yagi wrote: > This CentOS wiki article will help you: d'oh! Should have looked there first - thanks! -- “Don't eat anything you've ever seen advertised on TV” - Michael Pollan, author of "In Defense of Food" ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] converting a RHEL box to CentOS
On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Alan McKay 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 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] converting a RHEL box to CentOS
On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Akemi Yagi wrote: > http://www.unixmen.com/how-to-jul-convert-rhel-5-to-centos-5/ OK that is a bit out of date and does not reference 64 bit architectures. Here is what I did mkdir /root/centos cd /root/centos wget http://vault.centos.org/5.0/os/x86_64/CentOS/centos-release-5-0.0.el5.centos.2.x86_64.rpm wget http://vault.centos.org/5.0/os/x86_64/CentOS/centos-release-notes-5.0.0-2.x86_64.rpm rpm -e --nodeps redhat-release-notes redhat-release yum-rhn-plugin redhat-logos rpm -ivh *.rpm yum -y update And it all looks good! -- “Don't eat anything you've ever seen advertised on TV” - Michael Pollan, author of "In Defense of Food" ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] converting a RHEL box to CentOS
On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 3:34 PM, Alan McKay wrote: > And it all looks good! Not quite ... looks like I also need to rpm --erase rhnsd rhn-setup rhn-setup-gnome -- “Don't eat anything you've ever seen advertised on TV” - Michael Pollan, author of "In Defense of Food" ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
