Re: how to update RHL 7.2

From: Michael Heiming (michael+USENET_at_www.heiming.de)
Date: 12/12/03


Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 10:54:14 +0100

Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel@comcast.net> wrote:

[..]

Hi Nico!

> Compile from *SRPM*, not from raw source tarballs, in order to keep your
> system aware of what is already in place. In particular, there are plenty of
> update RedHat RPM's for 7.2, although they're promising to drop support for
> it in January.

Full ack, support will fade out soon (31.12.2003).

> Is there some reason not to hop to RedHat 9 or Fedora? Both are fairly
> pain-free upgrades from RedHat 7.2, and Fedora will get some community
> support for the foreseeable future. If you need commercial grade support,
> consider paying for an enterprise linux license form RedHat or another
> vendor.

I'm planning on upgrading some system from RH 7.2/7.3 to RH ES
3.0, but I think I'll go for a fresh install. Curious if the
kickstart files used to install them (headless) will work with ES
3.0.

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Michael Heiming
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