If in doubt, i always did a fresh install, so never had a messup.
Conversion? Never ever. Dot.
I am running SL7.9 of FermiLab now. Im sure RH will continue to share
updates. There is no spilt milk, why cry?
If needed, i will have a follower OS prepared in good time ready to
switch to. (Checkouts with VirtualBox since a long time).
Where to go later? Dont think it will be debian then; I read DistroWatch
now and then
Regards,
Rainer
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On 2/4/21 7:07 PM, Konstantin Olchanski wrote:
On Mon, Feb 01, 2021 at 12:26:00PM -0800, Konstantin Olchanski wrote:
Here we go. Conversion from CentOS-8 to RHEL-8 in 5 easy steps.
Instructions for converting CentOS to RHEL are posted here:
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__access.redhat.com_articles_2360841&d=DwIDAw&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A&m=IBWdeVmMPbkgwCr8Ir6R307eFH3-2aZ9vYnQ7mEhhHM&s=Hhj0voUDSXlQKw63jIuVJYcerY5Bmru62tOJwbHKuMk&e=
convert2rhel-0.15-1.el8.noarch.rpm from github is not signed
To be continued...
[root@daqlabpc ~]# rpm -vh --install convert2rhel-0.15-1.el8.noarch.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
dnf-utils is needed by convert2rhel-0.15-1.el8.noarch
python3-pexpect is needed by convert2rhel-0.15-1.el8.noarch
[root@daqlabpc ~]#
[root@daqlabpc ~]# yum install dnf-utils python3-pexpect
[root@daqlabpc ~]# rpm -vh --install convert2rhel-0.15-1.el8.noarch.rpm
[root@daqlabpc ~]# convert2rhel --disable-submgr --enablerepo <RHEL_RepoID1>
--enablerepo <RHEL_RepoID2> --debug
I do not know what REHEL_RepoID1 and ID2 are supposed to be. I do not have any
Red Hat repos
in my /etc/yum.repos.d, I only have CentOS, epel, etc.
Dead end?
Let's try to use the subscription manager...
[root@daqlabpc ~]# convert2rhel --debug
...
WARNING - By continuing you accept this EULA.
Continue with the system conversion? [y/n]: y
...
WARNING - The following packages will be removed...
Package Packager
Repository
------- --------
----------
centos-logos-80.5-2.el8.x86_64 CentOS
Buildsys @AppStream
centos-logos-httpd-80.5-2.el8.noarch CentOS
Buildsys @AppStream
centos-linux-release-8.3-1.2011.el8.noarch CentOS
Buildsys @BaseOS
centos-linux-repos-8-2.el8.noarch CentOS
Buildsys @BaseOS
rhn-client-tools-2.8.16-13.module_el8.1.0+211+ad6c0bc7.x86_64 CentOS
Buildsys @AppStream
python3-rhn-client-tools-2.8.16-13.module_el8.1.0+211+ad6c0bc7.x86_64 CentOS
Buildsys @AppStream
python3-rhnlib-2.8.6-8.module_el8.1.0+211+ad6c0bc7.noarch CentOS
Buildsys @AppStream
Continue with the system conversion? [y/n]: y
...
WARNING - Only packages signed by CentOS Linux are to be reinstalled. Red Hat
support won't be provided for the following third party packages:
Package Packager
Repository
------- --------
----------
certbot-1.11.0-1.el8.noarch Fedora Project @epel
convert2rhel-0.15-1.el8.noarch N/A
@System
ganglia-3.7.2-33.el8.x86_64 Fedora Project @epel
google-chrome-stable-88.0.4324.146-1.x86_64 Chrome Linux Team
@google-chrome-64
zfs-release-1-8.1.noarch N/A
@@commandline
... and more
Continue with the system conversion? [y/n]: y
...
[02/04/2021 09:56:06] TASK - [Convert: Subscription Manager - Install]
**************************
[02/04/2021 09:56:06] CRITICAL - The /usr/share/convert2rhel/subscription-manager directory does not
exist or is empty. Using the subscription-manager is not documented yet. Please use the
--disable-submgr option. Read more about the tool usage in the article
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__access.redhat.com_articles_2360841&d=DwIBAg&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A&m=iel0E8JL_svyu_6W2ZUso-H4dxqnH78q5ZLs2Y3GXAU&s=juJeIzssALq8uliLKAAoGsvuo4IptowyO_g8EO7iuq4&e=
.
Dead end?
In the comments section of
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__access.redhat.com_articles_2360841&d=DwIBAg&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A&m=iel0E8JL_svyu_6W2ZUso-H4dxqnH78q5ZLs2Y3GXAU&s=juJeIzssALq8uliLKAAoGsvuo4IptowyO_g8EO7iuq4&e=
there is some information
on what to do next, with dates 1-3 Feb 2021 (i.e. fresh just now) and promises
from a Red Hat person
about "We are working on changes that will not require you to pre-download any
package except convert2rhel."
So dead end for now, until Red Hat update the instructions.
To be continued...?
