RE: ES4 to AS4 upgrade?

["Pena, Francisco Javier" <francisco_javier pena roche com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nahant-list-bounces redhat com 
> [mailto:nahant-list-bounces redhat com] On Behalf Of Jay Lee
> Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 8:04 PM
> To: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (Nahant) Discussion List
> Subject: Re: ES4 to AS4 upgrade?
> 
> 
> Ryan Ordway wrote:
> > Is there an easy way to upgrade systems running RHEL ES 4 
> to RHEL AS 
> > 4? I've tried using up2date using --upgrade-to-release and 
> --channel 
> > --installall, but they don't seem to work.
> >
> > If up2date should work, what would be the proper 
> command-line options 
> > to use?
> >   
> There is no supported method.  However, if you remove the 
> redhat-release 
> and install the redhat-release from AS I believe that would 
> do it... You 
> may need to use --force.
> 

I can confirm that this works (I have tested it). After installing the
AS redhat-release, you will have to delete your server from the RHN and
register it again, provided that you have an available subscription.
Everything will be ok after that.

Javier