Re: latest versions
"Arthur Kao" <[email protected]> Mon, 10 Nov 2008 08:29:38 -0700
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--===============0619593841== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_68103_2304157.1226330979028" ------=_Part_68103_2304157.1226330979028 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 9:41 AM, Hambleton, John S. <[email protected]> wrote: > Wonder if I can ask a similar question please, > has anyone tried upgrading from RHEL AS3/i686 > to version 5.2, 32 bit, even though it is probably > not a supported action? > I tried it before RHEL3 -> RHEL5, upgrade went through and server booted. However RPM database was messed up because RHEL5 upgrade process did not remove RHEL3 rpm entries from the database. As for RHEL3 to RHEL4 upgrade, I've done several without problem. > > Thank you! > John H > Northern Michigan University > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: <vincent-NW4UT3oFr8dBDLzU/[email protected]> > To: "Discussion of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (Taroon)" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 6:01 AM > Subject: RE: latest versions > > > > >> Hi, >> >> We performed several i686 upgrades from RHEL AS3/i686 to AS4/i686, it >> worked fine but in some cases some minor cleanups had to be performed (I >> think some packages which were obsoleted had remained on the upgraded >> machines, etc..). The recommended uprade path is indeed to do a CD or DVD >> boot. and choose to 'upgrade' Note that if you're upgrading today (mid-nov >> 2008), then it may be relevant for you to go 64bit (x86_64) but take note >> that there is -no- i686 to x86_64 upgrade path, only a clean re-install >> will do in that case.. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Vincent >> >> On Fri, 7 Nov 2008, Coe, Colin C. (Unix Engineer) wrote: >> >> >>> Upgrading between major releases insn't encouraged (and I don't think >>> supported) but I believe can be done. If you have lots of non-RH >>> packages/software installed I really would not recommend it. >>> >>> To upgrade, boot install media and choose 'Upgrade' rather than >>> 'Install'. There may be a way to do it via up2date but I've never done >>> it. >>> >>> CC >>> >> >> -- >> Taroon-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/taroon-list >> >> > -- > Taroon-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/taroon-list > -- Arthur Kao http://arthurkao.com ------=_Part_68103_2304157.1226330979028 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 9:41 AM, Hambleton, John S. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Wonder if I can ask a similar question please,<br> has anyone tried upgrading from RHEL AS3/i686<br> to version 5.2, 32 bit, even though it is probably<br> not a supported action?<br> </blockquote><div><br>I tried it before RHEL3 -> RHEL5, upgrade went through and server booted. However RPM database was messed up because RHEL5 upgrade process did not remove RHEL3 rpm entries from the database.<br><br> As for RHEL3 to RHEL4 upgrade, I've done several without problem. <br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br> Thank you!<br> John H<br> Northern Michigan University<br> <br> <br> ----- Original Message ----- From: <<a href="mailto:vincent-NW4UT3oFr8dBDLzU/[email protected]" target="_blank">vincent-NW4UT3oFr8dBDLzU/[email protected]</a>><br> To: "Discussion of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (Taroon)"<br> <<a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a>><br> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 6:01 AM<br> Subject: RE: latest versions<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br> <br> <br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <br> Hi,<br> <br> We performed several i686 upgrades from RHEL AS3/i686 to AS4/i686, it<br> worked fine but in some cases some minor cleanups had to be performed (I<br> think some packages which were obsoleted had remained on the upgraded<br> machines, etc..). The recommended uprade path is indeed to do a CD or DVD<br> boot. and choose to 'upgrade' Note that if you're upgrading today (mid-nov<br> 2008), then it may be relevant for you to go 64bit (x86_64) but take note<br> that there is -no- i686 to x86_64 upgrade path, only a clean re-install<br> will do in that case..<br> <br> Best regards,<br> <br> Vincent<br> <br> On Fri, 7 Nov 2008, Coe, Colin C. (Unix Engineer) wrote:<br> <br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <br> Upgrading between major releases insn't encouraged (and I don't think<br> supported) but I believe can be done. If you have lots of non-RH<br> packages/software installed I really would not recommend it.<br> <br> To upgrade, boot install media and choose 'Upgrade' rather than<br> 'Install'. There may be a way to do it via up2date but I've never done<br> it.<br> <br> CC<br> </blockquote> <br> --<br> Taroon-list mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a><br> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/taroon-list" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/taroon-list</a><br> <br> </blockquote> <br> --<br> Taroon-list mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a><br> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/taroon-list" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/taroon-list</a><br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Arthur Kao<br><a href="http://arthurkao.com">http://arthurkao.com</a><br> ------=_Part_68103_2304157.1226330979028-- --===============0619593841== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline -- Taroon-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/taroon-list --===============0619593841==--