[WBEL-users] WBEL 4 upgrade question

[Erik Williamson]

Hi All,

Along these lines - wasn't Red Hat supposed to release RHEL 4 today?

Thanks,
Erik.

John Morris wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 12:03, Mike Staver wrote:
> 
>>So, when WBEL 4 is released, will I be able to upgrade to 4 from 3? 
>>I've read in the FAQ before that upgrading versions of WBEL will be 
>>tough because of Anaconda.  Is this still the case, or is an upgrade 
>>version possible this time around?
> 
> 
> Yes you should be able to upgrade from WBEL3 to WBEL4 but you probably
> won't be able to do it via up2date or yum on a live system.  I'd guess
> the only safe method will be via anaconda, which has been par for the
> course with RH derived systems for years.  Would be nice to see a day
> when you can do it remote on a running system like the Debian folks do,
> but this one is not going to be it.  Especially considering how much new
> and different stuff is going to be in 4, Selinux alone would make it a
> very tough prospect to do a live migration.
> 


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