To Upgrade from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 to CentOS 5.3 Using yum

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You can migrate from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 to CentOS 5.3 using yum through SSH.

1. Connect to your server via SSH (more info).
2. Switch to the root user (more info).
3. Run the following commands to upgrade to Cent OS 5.3:
   yum clean all
   mkdir ~/centos
   cd ~/centos/
   
   wget http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/centos-release-5-3.el5.centos.1.i386.rpm
   wget http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/centos-release-notes-5.3-3.i386.rpm
   wget http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/yum-3.2.19-18.el5.centos.noarch.rpm
   wget http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/yum-updatesd-0.9-2.el5.noarch.rpm
   wget http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/yum-metadata-parser-1.1.2-2.el5.i386.rpm
   wget http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/python-iniparse-0.2.3-4.el5.noarch.rpm
   wget http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/yum-fastestmirror-1.1.16-13.el5.centos.noarch.rpm
   wget http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/gamin-python-0.1.7-8.el5.i386.rpm
   
   rpm --import http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5
   rpm -e --nodeps redhat-release
   rpm -e yum-rhn-plugin
   rpm -Uvh *.rpm
   
   yum upgrade