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Old 01-17-2008, 08:28 PM
Bernard
 
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Default Re: how can I upgrade an old RedHat distro ?

On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 13:20:29 +0200, Jean-David Beyer wrote:

> Bernard wrote:
>> Hi there !
>>
>> A friend of mine has RedHat 7.0 installed on his machine ; he would
>> like to upgrade to 7.2. If merely re-installing, he would lose a lot of
>> config , so he just want to upgrade.
>>
>> Where can I download such an upgrade package, now that RedHat no longer
>> maintains old distros ?

>
> If your friend wants to upgrade, why not upgrade all the way to RHL 9?


My friend wants to upgrade, not re-install. Do you think that there are
upgrading files available that are supposed to upgrade straight from RH
7.2 to RH 9 ?

> If you go to a bookstore, many books on Linux will have a CD-ROM inside
> one of the covers. For RHL9, it will take, IIRC, 3 CD-ROM.
>
> Or upgrade to either Fedora or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.

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