> -----Original Message-----
> From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nick Wales
> Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 9:09 AM
> To: centos@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Moving from whitebox 4.2 to centos
>
> I've been following the faq for moving from whitebox to
> centos (which admittedly is for release 3, but using the
> equivalent release 4 files) and keep getting stuck when
> installing the centos-release-4-2.1 rpm which says it should
> replace whitebox-release4.2
>
> However this is not happening, giving me the following
>
> rpm -Uvh
> http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/centos-r
> elease-4-2.1.i386.rpm
> Retrieving
> http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/centos-r
> elease-4-2.1.i386.rpm
> error: Failed dependencies:
> /etc/whitebox-release is needed by (installed)
> initscripts-7.93.11.EL-1.WB1.i386
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Nick
>
>
Try downloading the initscripts for Centos and install it at the same time.
I've had to --force the -release rpm before too.
Mike
