Bug or any issue with RHEL AS 4 Update 3

[skt_skt]

Hi,

I have an application requierment which needs update 3(yet to find out what is the exact aplication need).what i remember is always recommeded is minimum update 4 of RHEL AS 4..

This server is meant for web portal. We are migrating application from Windows to Linux.

I am looking to hear about an known bugs or special advantage comparing update 3 and update 4.

[Ivan Ferreira]

Your best option is to check the RELEASE-NOTES for update 4 available at the red hat documentation page.

There you will find all information.

[skt_skt]

i am looking for something from the practical experience too..

[Heironimus]

I haven't really seen any major differences between any of the different RHEL4 releases, assuming you apply the relevant patches that came prior to the next full update. RHEL3 was a different story, they made some pretty big changes/screwups along the way.

What I have seen in the past is that many application vendors only test whatever is current when they release their product, but when you call and ask they say that newer versions should work fine. A few really do insist on using specific versions, especially non-bundled JDKs or kernel releases, which causes problems because you have to document all the issues that you're not able to patch.

[Yogeeraj_1]

hi,

The latest the Update, the better it is. I think redhat 4 has update 5 also available. I would choose update 5.

RHEL AS 4 U4 is also very stable.

Good luck!

kind regards
yogeeraj

[Jean-Yves Picard]

Hello,

depending on the way you intall redhat 4, you might have an issue.

I use RDP (rapid deployment Pack) and sometimes need to manually create kickstart file, I had trouble with option pci=monconf in argument of vmlinuz when booting kernels.

this option seems to be included in update 4 and latter.

Jean-Yves Picard

[Steven E. Protter · Accepted solution]

Shalom,

I know clustering was pretty broken on update 3. Failover didn't work well at all with ilo. Update 4 has problems with rgmanager.

As far as the httpd server goes, nothing awful, there are always interim released of the httpd server to deal with flaws and security defects.

SEP

[skt_skt]

thanks to all participated.