Yes, it is possible to do what you want to do. Essentially, what you need to do is create a local repository containing the Centos 5.8 packages and upgrade your system using that repository.
Create a file /etc/yum.repos.d/file.repo which should have the contents as mentioned below:
When you do "yum list" you should be able to see the new repository. If so, then you can use "yum upgrade" to upgrade your system.
While installing solaris10 from iso dvd image in vmware on windows
i get the follworing error right after i select solaris 10 from grub menu
panic/thread=fec20160: page_unlock: page fe2b5730 is not locked
why is it doing this?
installation does work if i have the physical dvd into... (1 Reply)
Hi,
I would like to know the difference between YUM UPDATE and YUM UPGRADE. The man pages say upgrade is same as update with the obsolete option. And by default it says the obsolete option is turned on, which would make them equivalent. Does not say what obsolete does.
Can someone please... (3 Replies)
Im using CentOs 5.5 , i tried to change the host name to be for example my_server_1 , according to the web i changed the /etc/sysconf/network to look like this :
NETWORKING=yes
NETWORKING_IPV6=no
#HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain
HOSTNAME=my_server_1
and changed the hosts file to look like this... (1 Reply)
Hello i have CentOS installed on vmware , few days ago every thing was working fine. today every time im connect with putty to the CentOs server after few minutes it disconnect me , how can i find what is the reason ? (5 Replies)
I did an upgrade on Jan 3,2014 from CentOS 6.4 to 6.5 and noticed that there hasnt been any updates since then
Jan 03 11:45:05 Updated: 12:dhcp-common-4.1.1-38.P1.el6.centos.i686
Jan 03 11:45:06 Updated: hwdata-0.233-9.1.el6.noarch
Jan 03 11:45:11 Updated:... (4 Replies)
Hello Guyz
First of all, I'm new to Linux with basic SSH knowledge, so any additional help would be much appreciated.
I'm using a Linux VPS
==
cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS release 5.10 (Final)
==
I know this is an outdated version. My VPS came with all necessary modules : PHP,... (5 Replies)
Hi!
One of our clients need RHEL 7 on PPC hardware for their R&D setup and they are particular about this being 'Little Endian'.
The problem is that Redhat doesn't have LE RHEL7 images below 7.1 while the latest toolkit (which is needed while reimaging an IBM LPAR) that IBM provides only... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: satish51392111
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LEARN ABOUT CENTOS
iso-info
ISO-INFO(1) User Commands ISO-INFO(1)NAME
iso-info - shows Information about an ISO 9660 image
SYNOPSIS
iso-info [OPTION...]
DESCRIPTION -d, --debug=UINT
Set debugging to LEVEL
-i, --input[=FILE]
Filename to read ISO-9960 image from
-f Generate output similar to 'find . -print'
-l, --iso9660
output similar to 'ls -lR' for an ISO 9660 fs
-U, --udf
output similar to 'ls -lR' for a UDF fs
--no-header
Don't display header and copyright (for regression
--no-joliet
Don't use Joliet-extension information
--no-rock-ridge
Don't use Rock-Ridge-extension information
--no-xa
Don't use XA-extension information
-r --show-rock-ridge UINT Show if image uses Rock-Ridge extensions
A maximum of UINT files will be considered. Use 0 for all files.
-q, --quiet
Don't produce warning output
-V, --version
display version and copyright information and exit
Help options:
-?, --help
Show this help message
--usage
Display brief usage message
AUTHOR
Rocky Bernstein <rocky@gnu.org>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2003-2005, 2007-2008, 2011-2013 R. Bernstein
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
LAR PURPOSE. Have driver: GNU/Linux ioctl and MMC driver Have driver: cdrdao (TOC) disk image driver Have driver: bin/cuesheet disk image
driver Have driver: Nero NRG disk image driver Default CD-ROM device: /dev/sr0
SEE ALSO cd-info(1) for information about an ISO-9660 image. cd-read(1) to read portions of an ISO 9660 image.
iso-info December 2013 ISO-INFO(1)