Upgrading Linux OS

Hello All,
I am trying to find some information on upgrading Red hat linux OS from 2.1 to 5 but i am not able to find any. But i am able to see information on upgrading from 2.1 to 4. Is upgrading Linux from 2.1 to 5 is supported? Any information or link on the same will help me much
Kindly suggest
Regards,
Anand

Hello,
upgrading directly from RHEL 2.1 to RHEL 5 is not supported by Red Hat. You could upgrade from RHEL 2.1 to 3 and from there to 4 and then to RHEL 5, but since each upgrade can cause inconsistencies we recommend against it.
Backing up the data on the system and then doing a fresh install of RHEL 5 and then recovering the data from the backup afterwards is the recommended approach.
Regards,
Frank
Red Hat Onsite Engineer @ SAP LinuxLab

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