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Convert CentOS Stream 9 to ISA

These instructions assume that you have CentOS Stream 9 installed.

If you have problems with these instructions, please let us know so we can update them, or make them easier to understand.

ISA Baseline

ISA Baseline packages were compiled with gcc-12. Regular CentOS Stream 9 was compiled with gcc-11.

  • Install the centos-release-isa-baseline rpm
dnf -y install https://buildlogs.centos.org/9-stream/isa/x86_64/packages-baseline/Packages/c/centos-release-isa-baseline-1-1.el9sbase_902.noarch.rpm
  • Convert over to ISA
dnf distro-sync -y --allowerasing
reboot

ISA Optimized

ISA Baseline packages were compiled with gcc-12, but they also had x86_64-v3 enabled. Regular CentOS Stream 9 was compiled with gcc-11 and x86_64-v2.

  • Install the centos-release-isa-optimized rpm
dnf -y install https://buildlogs.centos.org/9-stream/isa/x86_64/packages-optimized/Packages/c/centos-release-isa-optimized-1-1.el9sopt_902.noarch.rpm
  • Convert over to ISA
dnf distro-sync -y --allowerasing
reboot

distro-sync problems

If you are having problems with the distro-sync of your CentOS Stream 9 installation, make sure you have --allowerasing set

If that does not fix your problem, install using a CentOS Stream 9 DVD that we have verified will distro-sync, using the instructions above.