Upgrade redhat RHEL4 to FC3 (Fedora Core 3)
(install GPG key)
rpm --import ftp://ultra.linux.cz/pub/fedora/3/i386/os/RPM-GPG-KEY
(need these 2 files – yum and fedora-release)
wget ftp://ultra.linux.cz/pub/fedora/3/i386/os/Fedora/RPMS/yum-2.1.11-3.noarch.rpm wget ftp://ultra.linux.cz/pub/fedora/3/i386/os/Fedora/RPMS/fedora-release-3-8.i386.rpm
(remove fedora incopatible package)
rpm -e glibc-dummy-redhat-as4
(install yum and fedora-release)
rpm -Uvh --force yum* fedora-release*
(upgrade to FC3)
yum upgrade
*type "y" when asked
Upgrade Fedora Core 3 (FC3) to Fedora Core 4 (FC4)
(install GPG key)
rpm --import http://ftp.belnet.be/linux/fedora/linux/core/4/i386/os/RPM-GPG-KEY
(download fedora-release)
wget http://ftp.belnet.be/linux/fedora/linux/core/4/i386/os/Fedora/RPMS/fedora-release-4-2.noarch.rpm
(remove unneeded packages)
yum remove **
Note: I am going to install VHCS so i will prepare the system to pre install requirements
VHCS Installation
(install)
rpm -Uvh --force fedora-release-4-2.noarch.rpm
(disable SELinux)
nano /etc/sysconfig/selinux
set
SELINUX=disabled
reboot
(upgrade)
yum -y upgrade
Note: if you receive the following error, import the RPM-GPG-KEY.
warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID db42a60e public key not available for caching-nameserver-7.3-3.noarch.rpm
(imoprt key)
rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY
Reboot the system to begin using Fedora Core 4.
If applicable, re-enable SELinux by undoing the changes above, and reboot the system to use SELinux.
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