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Old 10-14-2008
Update Red Hat linux from 4.5 to 5.2.. Please help..

Hi!
I have a Red Hat linux 4.5, and need to update it to 5.2. Can someone please help me in the steps that I need to perform.

Thanks a lot!!
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Old 10-14-2008
hi,

Upgrading is supported from the latest update of RHEL 4 to RHEL 5. This is noted in the release notes at the URL, this link may help you.

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/e...ES-x86-en.html
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Old 10-14-2008
same post

Last edited by Technix; 10-16-2008 at 06:37 AM..
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Old 10-14-2008
PHP

The best way to do this is to backup your data, fresh install 5.2 and then restore your backups.
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