Here is how I upgraded from RH9 to SL3.0.3. I read the 7.2 to 3.0.3
Upgrade how-to but didn't understand the autorpm stuff so I just used
yum upgrade.
System info:
VIA EPIA Mini-ITX Eden 533Mhz
60GB HD
10Mbit internet
Fixed LAN IP
RedHat 9 with custom built kernel (see below, part 2). No --forced rpms
as far as I remember.
$ uname -a
Linux host 2.4.20-27.9custom #4 Fri Dec 26 18:55:18 CET 2003 i686 i686
i386 GNU/Linux
$ cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Linux release 9 (Shrike)
You should have at least 500M free on /var/cache/yum before attempting
this...
--- part one, upgrade ---
$ rpm -e up2date
$ rpm --import
ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/303/i386/RPM-GPG-KEYs/RPM
-GPG-KEY-csieh
$ rpm --import
ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/303/i386/RPM-GPG-KEYs/RPM
-GPG-KEY-dawson
$ rpm --import
ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/303/i386/RPM-GPG-KEYs/RPM
-GPG-KEY-jpolok
$ rpm -i
ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/303/i386/SL/RPMS/yum-2.0.
7-7.SL.noarch.rpm
$ rpm -i
ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/303/i386/SL/RPMS/yum-conf
-303-2.SL.noarch.rpm
[edit /etc/yum.conf if you want to use a mirror from
https://www.scientificlinux.org/download/]
$ yum upgrade # this took about 30 minutes
$ rpm -e lilo
$ yum install sl-release
[I think the kernel would have been upgraded if were a stock RH9 kernel,
edit /etc/grub.conf as needed]
$ reboot
--- end of part one ---
--- part two, build kernel ---
The EL.i686 kernel does not work on the VIA EPIA Eden CPU so we have to
build our own.
References:
http://www.mini-itx.com/faq.asphttp://www3.sympatico.ca/howlettfamily/epia/epia_howto/x881.html
Ok, here goes. This will take several hours...
$ cd /usr/src/linux # verify that this points to the new kernel source
$ make clean
$ make mrproper
$ make menuconfig # select Processor CyrixIII/VIA-C3
$ make dep
$ make clean
$ make bzImage
$ make modules
$ make modules_install
$ make install
[edit /etc/grub.conf as needed]
$ reboot
--- end of part two --
/// jocke
