On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 12:47 PM, Jerry Geis <geisj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I am testing the likelyhood of updating a couple RH9 systems to centos 5
> 386.
> I found at document that talked about updating to centos 4. steps being:
> 1.) backup
> 2.)
> rpm --import
> http://pubmirrors.reflected.net/centos/5/os/i386/RPM-GPG-KEY-centOS-5
> rpm -Uvh --nodeps
> http://pubmirrors.reflected.net/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/yum-3.0.5-1.el5.centos.5.noarch.rpm
> rpm -i --nodeps --force
> http://pubmirrors.reflected.net/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/centos-release-5-1.0.el5.centos.1.i386.rpm
> yum upgrade
>
> Everything was progressing until I did tte "yum upgrade"
> I got an error about not finding a yum package.
>
> "There was a problem importing one of the python modules
> required to run yum. The error leading to this problem was:
> No module named yum"
>
> What do I do now...
>
> Thanks,
>
There are significant changes in the kernel, software, ext3 etc. The
only way I would trust an update from RHL-9 to EL-5 would be to do a
DVD upgrade... and then I would probably say its faster to do a new
install and reinstall old software.
--
Stephen J Smoogen. -- CSIRT/Linux System Administrator
How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed
in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice"
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