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Re: Migrate from CentOS 5.5 to SL5.5
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Akemi Yagi <[log in to unmask]>
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Akemi Yagi <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:15:48 -0800
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On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Phil Schaffner
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> Christopher Stolzenberg wrote on 01/10/2011 10:55 AM:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a few servers running CentOS 5.5.
>>
>> How can I migrate these servers to SL5.5 without reinstalling?
>
> The procedure (untested by me) should be similar to the procedure on the
> CentOS Wiki for migration from RHEL to CentOS:
> http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/MigrationGuide
>
> Something like this for i386:
>
> rpm -e --nodeps centos-release centos-release-notes \
>  redhat-artwork redhat-logos redhat-menus
>
> rpm -ivh \
> http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/55/i386/SL/sl-release-5.5-1.i386.rpm
>
> http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/55/i386/SL/sl-release-notes-5.5-1.noarch.rpm
> http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/55/i386/SL/redhat-artwork-5.0.9-2.SL.2.i386.rpm
> http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/55/i386/SL/redhat-logos-4.9.16-1.SL.6.noarch.rpm
> http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/55/i386/SL/redhat-menus-6.7.8-3.el5.noarch.rpm
>
> (all on one line, or use sequential rpm commands)
>
> Phil

In addition, the following yum-related packages will be needed:

yum-3.2.22-26.sl.noarch.rpm
yum-autoupdate-1-1.SL.noarch.rpm
yum-conf-55-1.SL.noarch.rpm

Either remove or disable centos-related repos that you do not need any more.

Akemi

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