On Wed, 2007-01-31 at 14:27 -0500, Jay Turner wrote: > On Wed, 2007-01-31 at 17:20 +0000, Sharpe, Sam J wrote: > > On Wed, 2007-01-31 at 11:30 -0500, Steven Lee wrote: > > > All, > > > > > > Since RedHat is changing how RHEL 5 is packaged from their previous > > > Desktop, WS, ES, and AS model, does anyone know if it will be possible > > > to "upgrade" from RHEL 4? I really hope I don't have install every > > > server from scratch.... > > > > As far as I am aware, RHEL has never had an upgrade path between major > > versions. The official response I got last time I asked was '"Archive > > Data, Delete, Reinstall" is the only supported re-installation method.' > > I think someone has been feeding you bad information. Initially when > RHEL3 came out, we indeed recommended that folks reinstall when > attempting an upgrade from 2.1, but we changed that in later RHEL3 > updates and have supported upgrades from day-1 on RHEL4 and will do so > on RHEL5.
Bah. Please don't publicise that any better than you do now, because while the RedHat upgrade goes fine, I tell the our customers that this is not supported. It's the apps that *they* install on top that break after the upgrade and that always ends up being my problem. I like to blow away their machine, give it back to them with clean RHEL4 plus their data and then let them install their own extra apps. -- Sam _______________________________________________ rhelv5-beta-list mailing list rhelv5-beta-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-beta-list
