Re: Upgrading RH 9 to RHEL 3: problems? gotchas? what are your experiences?

From: Rex Dieter (rdieter_at_math.unl.edu)
Date: 05/18/04

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    Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 13:27:13 -0500

    Jeffrey Silverman wrote:

    > Hi all. I have a couple of servers running RHL9 and now am getting around
    > to thinking about buying RHEL ES 3 entitlements (or whatever Red Hat calls
    > licenses these days). So, here are my questions for you, the Red Hat
    > Linux Community:
    >
    > * Should I /Upgrade/ or do a /Clean Install/ of RHEL?

    There is no upgrade from RedHat Linux -> Enterprise, so Clean install.

    > * Will I have to recompile my Apache/PHP server?

    To be safe, use the redhat-provided packages. Though your compiled build
    should work too.
      
    > * Does RHEL ES have up2date as a command-line client???

    Yes.

    -- Rex

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