Availability and plans for upgrading to RHEL5?

[Matt Domsch]

On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 12:53:59PM -0400, Zembower, Kevin wrote:
> [This question may just reveal how clueless I am as a system
> administrator. If so, please forgive me.]
> 
> I just noticed that Red Hat has released RHEL5. Searching the archives
> of this list for RHEL5 didn't turn up anything germane. I read the
> Linux-poweredge FAQ about not announcing upgrades in advance, due to FTC
> regulations. However, can anything be revealed? In particular:
> 
> Will the upgrade from RHEL4 to 5 happen automatically if we use
> 'up2date'. If not, what controls when it happens?

Fortunately not.  :-)  Instead, as mentioned, download a RHEL5 CD/DVD
set from Red Hat Network and upgrade using those.
 
> Any documentation available yet?

Dell's RHEL5 Tech Sheet is available here:
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/rhel5/ 
 
> Any hints on upcoming dates?

Dell started selling and shipping RHEL5 on April 10, 2007.  I'll take
the blame for not sending an announcement to the relevant lists.

Thanks,
Matt

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