[TriLUG] Upgrading an older Red Hat

[Jonathan Mainguy]

RHEL does not really provide an upgrade path between major versions, so a
new install using the latest Centos DVD is really your best bet.

On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 12:13 PM, Dewey Hylton <plug at hyltown.com> wrote:

> You can always try booting from the network. Older hardware may not offer
> this choice by default, but in those cases you can try PLOP boot manager or
> a few other methods to achieve PXE booting.
>
> On October 1, 2014 11:32:16 AM EDT, Mark Fowle <mfowle at adeliesystems.com>
> 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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