Upgrade RHEL 3 AS to RHEL 4 AS

louisb · 02-16-2005, 04:44 AM

I'm currently running RHEL 3 AS and nwo that RHEL 4 AS is out I'm considering an upgrade. However, I want to use SRPMS. I can't afford the subscription since I've been only working hit and miss since being laid off because my IT job moved over seas.

Has any body thought about this or planning on doing the same?

What should I be looking for as I plan to move forward?

Thanks

Lou

reddazz · 02-16-2005, 05:16 AM

Save yourself the time and effort, use CentOS or other RHEL clones. Take a look at distrowatch for RHEL clones.

hkb33 · 02-18-2005, 02:12 PM

Don't go the src rpm route...you'll only go nuts.

If your subscription to RHEL 3 is still good then you can get RHEL 4 free of charge.

If your subscription has expired, then go with one of the cheaper alternatives mentioned above.

louisb · 02-21-2005, 10:25 AM

Since I still learning RHEL AS will the skills that I've developed be useful in the market place? I've just got RHEL 3 AS up and running and I very pleased with the results.

Might it be better to also persue SUSE Linux also?

Thanks

hkb33 · 02-21-2005, 03:14 PM

Red Hat is going to be more prevalent in the U.S. with SuSE not far behind. It would only help you if you learned both.

kumarnine · 10-28-2006, 03:58 AM

hi man,
its rather a new post to ur reply. i could not find enough info regarding how to upgrade RHEL3-ES to RHEL4-ES. i have both the lisenced versions. the problem is, i one of my RHEL4-ES CD has got some currupted openoffice packages bad, hence its not installed properly. its original copy is at a remote place. how can i upgrade the existing RHEL3-ES to RHEL4-ES without reinstalling it. i have RHEL3-ES existing on my pc. pls suggest any commands.

thank u..very much..bye

swamy.

RHELL · 10-31-2006, 01:06 PM

Quote:

hi man,
its rather a new post to ur reply. i could not find enough info regarding how to upgrade RHEL3-ES to RHEL4-ES. i have both the lisenced versions. the problem is, i one of my RHEL4-ES CD has got some currupted openoffice packages bad, hence its not installed properly. its original copy is at a remote place. how can i upgrade the existing RHEL3-ES to RHEL4-ES without reinstalling it. i have RHEL3-ES existing on my pc. pls suggest any commands.

thank u..very much..bye

swamy.

Perhaps you should consider the responses to your own post, rather than threadjacking this one.

tieuphongvan · 06-04-2009, 02:41 PM

Instead of suggesting other OS's, does anybody really know the technical answer to this one? I meant the steps to upgrade to RHEL AS4 from RHES AS3 without rebuilding the whole server.

custangro · 06-04-2009, 02:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tieuphongvan

Instead of suggesting other OS's, does anybody really know the technical answer to this one? I meant the steps to upgrade to RHEL AS4 from RHES AS3 without rebuilding the whole server.

I guess you can download the SRPMS and build it on our system...

-C