[TriLUG] Upgrading an older Red Hat

[Mark Fowle]

Thanks - I'd love to retire the old box but the person that owns it wont
let it go.  Guess I'm stuck.


On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 11:36 AM, David Both <dboth at millennium-technology.com
> wrote:

> CentOS 7 is 64-bit only and your very old computers are probably 32-bit.
> You might be able to try 32-bit version of CentOS 6, but I suggest new
> hardware.
>
>
>
> On 10/01/2014 11:32 AM, Mark Fowle wrote:
>
>> I have an old system (NetFinity 5100) .. I need to upgrade since its been
>> running REHL 3AS for a very long time.   I want to upgrade to the current
>> centos version - I am having trouble getting the old system to read the
>> DVD's as well as CD's. I have also had it hang trying to install over the
>> network. I swear this box just doesn't want to upgrade :-)
>>
>> Is there a way I could modify yum.conf and force an upgrade that way ?  Or
>> some other trick to force it without using DVD or CD ?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mark
>>
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