[rhn-users] Migration from RH 8 to EL 3.1

[Daniel Wittenberg]

Officially you can't, but this is roughly what I've done for systems I
can't reinstall:

1)  boot the first cd with the upgradeany option, and do a normal
upgrade
2)  Install the following RPM's:
elfutils* rhnlib* up2date* pyOpenSSL* python-optik* rpm-python*
3)  I remove these packages (you might need some of them):
"apmd","aspell","autofs","dhclient","dos2unix","dump","ed",
"fbset","hotplug","ipsec-tools","iptables-ipv6","irda-utils",
"idsn4k-utils","jfsutils","jwhois","kernel-pcmcia-cs",
 "krbafs-utils","lftp","lha","libwvstreams","logrotate","mdadm",
"minicom","mt-st","nano","nscd","nss_ldap","pam_smb","pax",
"ppp","pspell","raidtools","rdate","rdist","redhat-config-mouse",
"redhat-lsb","rp-pppoe","rsh","slocate","specspo","star","stunnel","tftp",
"unix2dos","unzip","usbutils","vconfig","wireless-tools","wvdial",
"yp-tools","ypbind","anacron","bdflush","ksymoops","lrzsz","lynx","reiserfs-utils","sash"
4) Register with up2date
5) Install the following RPMs:
"acl","attr","devlabel","lslk","netdump","pinfo","prelink","redhat-lsb",
"schedutils","setarch","symlinks"
6) up2date --update

You should be good-to-go.

Dan 

On Fri, 2004-03-05 at 10:54, Sebastian Wiegand wrote:
> Hello everybody,
> 
> we need to migrate from RH 8 to EL 3.1. But there are no case studies or
> how-to or experience to find that could help me.
> 
> Does anybody has experience with migration from RH 8 to EL 3.1.
> 
> Please help me.
> 
> We are running RH 8, Webmin, Apache, SSH-Server, Sendmail, Usermin.
> 
> Pleeeaase help
> 
> Your sincerely
> 
> Sebastian
> 
> 
> Sebastian Wiegand
> 
> 
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Daniel Wittenberg
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University of Iowa - ITS