Thanks every one for all your help,
using VNC seems to be a good option for those who has no access to console
and want to install Centos remotely, however just to test , I tried to
upgrade
Centos 4.5 to Centos 5, but it progressed almost to the end and then
stoped with
some error. nothing upgraded.
I think I should first upgrade it locally and then start doing it remotely.
fresh install will leave a lot of files from previous version, so it
should not be considered
at all.
is there any log file that shows why upgrade failed ?
Cheers
Scott Silva wrote:
centos spake the following on 8/20/2007 4:10 AM:
Centos 4 kernel's base version is 2.6.9 and Centos 5 kernel's base
version is 2.6.18.
and I couldn't find anything in Centos mirror sites and repository ( I
really need kernel version 2.6.18. )
Downloaded and installed kernel 2.16.18 for version 5, and installed it
on Centos 4, it is ok but while
I am installing another software I am getting pointer exception fault.
couldn't compile 2.6.18 SROM on Centos 4, I am getting "unifdef is
needed" when I am running
rpmbuild -bb kernel-2.6.18
now I guess I have only two choices:
1- upgrading Centos 4 to Centos 5, which I need your opinion for the best
way of accomplishing it, considering my server is in remote location and
I don't have access to console. ( is kick start works for remote
installation with not access to console ? )
2- Downloading kernel from kernel.org, which I want to know if the same
version in kernel.org is identical to same version in Centos repository.
I want to make sure I will have the same thing, to prevent weird problem
in future.
Thanks
Building a kernel from source on an enterprise system will almost surely break
something. A remote upgrade is possible, but you will need to test it
thoroughly on something like a vmware image or another piece of hardware that
you can access easily. You had the option to use vnc and do remote installs in
4.0, but I haven't tried it in 5. Here is a link that will take a little
testing and adjusting as it is for an upgrade to 4.
http://www.karan.org/blog/index.php/2005/06/15/upgrading_to_centos4_over_a_remote_vnc_c
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