yum repository for RHEL 3

cccc · 11-22-2008, 11:39 AM

hi

I'd like to configure /etc/yum.conf on ESX 3.5 compatible to RHEL 3

at baseurl should be URL from the repository server.
could someone post pls URL from the repository server for RHEL 3?

lazlow · 11-22-2008, 12:38 PM

Contact RH that is what you are paying for. You have to have a paid RH registration to use their updates.

cccc · 11-22-2008, 12:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lazlow

Contact RH that is what you are paying for. You have to have a paid RH registration to use their updates.

thx, but we have ESX 3.5 and not RHEL 3
RHEL 3 software should be compatible to ESX 3.5

lazlow · 11-22-2008, 12:47 PM

You still have to have a paid RH registration to use their updates. You might look at Centos' repos. Centos is binary compatible with RHEL and is free to download/install.

cccc · 11-22-2008, 01:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lazlow

You still have to have a paid RH registration to use their updates. You might look at Centos' repos. Centos is binary compatible with RHEL and is free to download/install.

thx, can I use http://mirror.centos.org/centos/3/os/i386/ ?

lazlow · 11-22-2008, 01:07 PM

I run Centos5 so I do not know if that exact link is correct, but I do know that many people start with RHEL and use Centos' repo. Check the wiki or google RHEL3 using Centos repo.

cccc · 11-22-2008, 01:36 PM

I have this release:

Code:

# cat /etc/redhat-release

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 3 (Taroon)

but I don't know what Centos5 is or which centos repositoy do I need exactly.
could someone help me pls to find a correct repository for this release?

lazlow · 11-22-2008, 01:58 PM

Centos5.X is essentially RHEL5.X. The only differences are the proprietary parts of RHEL have been removed.
You have RHEL3.

If you had googled what I suggested above

Quote:

google RHEL3 using Centos repo.

you would have found:

Quote:

http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Packag...ment/YumOnRHEL

as the first hit.

cccc · 11-22-2008, 02:48 PM

sorry, I'm not RH specialist.

using google, I found this:

http://mirror.centos.org/centos/3.3/os/i386/

and hope it's correct.