[WBEL-users] RedHat 9 migration?

[Jamey Fletcher]

Rex Dieter wrote:
> Kurt Raschke wrote:
> 
>  > So, I have been evaluating the RHEL rebuild projects.  However, I'm
>  > not sure if any of the three projects could be used to upgrade from
>  > RedHat 9, as I would really rather not reinstall these servers.
>  > Additionally, assuming there even is a viable upgrade path, then which
>  > RHEL rebuild project should I go with?

> FYI, none of RHEL or clones officially support upgrading From RedHat 
> Linux.  Some folks have been able to kludge it with apt/yum, but it's 
> not recommended or for the feint of heart.

Actually, it's been done several times here at the Library - no, it's 
not "officially" supported, but there's an option to do it - but I don't 
remember what it is.  The official no-upgrade from RH9 policy of RedHat 
is just them covering themselves against expensive support calls.  A 
large number of the RedHat packages for RHEL3 are in fact identical to 
the packages for RH9.