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Old 11-18-2009, 01:57 AM   #1
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how to upgrade from RHEL 3 to RHEL 5.x


i have old RHEL 3 system which has kernel 2.4 installed into it. I wasnt to upgrade it to RHEL 5.x so i downloaded a kernel 2.6 package but was not able to compile it. Please let me know a simple procedure
 
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The kernel and the RHEL versions are entirely separate. Furthermore, RH does not support in-place upgrades across major versions eg RHEL 3.x -> 4.x ->5.x http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red...grade-x86.html
 
  


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