seth vidal wrote: > On Tue, 2008-11-04 at 10:39 -0800, Agile Aspect wrote: > >> Hi - we just received two machines with RedHat 5.0 with a >> year subscription and would like to upgrade those to the >> latest versions of Redhat 5.x. >> >> In addition, we have handful of machines running CentOS 5.0 >> and would like upgrade those to the latest version of >> CentOS 5.x too. >> >> Once I have yum running on RedHat, I'm presuming the upgrade >> procedure is same for both. >> >> Is it possible to upgrade from Redhat/Centos 5.0 to the lastest >> release of Redhat/CentOS 5.x using yum? >> > > > 1. yum should be on red hat enterprise linux 5.0 and centos 5.0 > already. > > 2. you would be best off running: > yum update yum\* > yum update > > 3. yes, upgrading to latest is possible in both, for red hat enterprise > linux you have to make sure your rhn account is active and connected for > that machine. > > -sv > > Thanks for the reply. I have a few follow up questions. I just used yum to update CenOS 4.6 but /etc/redhat-release still indicates it's at CenOS 4.6. The lastest release of CenOS 4 is CentOS 4.7. So basically, once I update, I'll never know which release the machine is running at since /etc/redhat-release doesn't change? For instance, if I was running Fedora 5 and I used yum to update the system I'd end up with Fedora 10 but /etc/redhat-release would still indicate I'm at Fedora 5? -- Article. VI. Clause 3 of the constitution of the United States states: "The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States." _______________________________________________ Yum mailing list Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.baseurl.org/mailman/listinfo/yum
