Am So, den 21.11.2004 schrieb Alan Gutierrez um 4:57: > I've got a Sony VAIO Z505 running RedHat 8.0. I upgraded it once > before by changing the redhat-release rpm. Is that still > possible? Could I upgrade this computer over the network without > using a CD-ROM? > > I followed these instructions: > > http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/2848 > > (I'm asking because my CD-ROM for this laptop has gone missing.) > Alan Gutierrez - alan@xxxxxxxxx - http://engrm.com/ It is not possible in the way you know (which is described on the O'Reilly page). The old up2date for RH 7.x and 8.0 did use RHN and it's channels. Some very helpful notes for upgrades to Fedora Core releases are available on http://www.brandonhutchinson.com/Upgrading_Red_Hat_Linux_with_yum.html If you don't have a CD-ROM but an internet connection independent from the Laptop you want to upgrade, then I would suggest an Anaconda upgrade from FTP/HTTP. You will simply have to get the boot.iso image file, to loop mount and then copy the vmlinuz (kernel) and the initrd.img (initial ramdisk image) to a place where your bootloader (lilo or grub) can access it. The corresponding grub.conf entry can look like following then: title Fedora Core 3 install boot root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-fc3 ramdisk_size=9216 askmethod initrd /initrd-fc3.img This is possible too with lilo, just with different syntax. If you choose that entry from bootloader menu you will start an Anaconda install which will fetch the packages from net. Alexander -- Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | new address - new key: 0xB366A773 legal statement: http://www.uni-x.org/legal.html Fedora GNU/Linux Core 2 (Tettnang) on Athlon kernel 2.6.9-1.6_FC2smp Serendipity 06:16:48 up 1 day, 1:04, load average: 0.14, 0.43, 0.47
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