Hello Brian,
I just upgraded my version Of Fedora from FC1 to FC2 by just
using yum and the directions that are at this web site
http://www.brandonhutchinson.com/Upgrading_Red_Hat_Linux_with_yum.html
It has worked just fine on two servers that I own and it was
really easy.
Wednesday, July 7, 2004, 8:07:41 AM, you wrote:
BAK> Seems like there should be a way to perform an upgrade without booting from
BAK> a CDROM. In my case, several of the systems that I operate/maintain are at
BAK> remote locations. I like to keep them fairly up to date, however I do not
BAK> wish to travel to each site every year or so to upgrade the system manually
BAK> (not to mention the downtime associated with the upgrade). I am trying to
BAK> come up with a way upgrade them via RPM updates only. There has to be a way
BAK> to deal with this.
BAK> All of the systems in question are base installs with a few 3rd party
BAK> packages, so I do not really have the need for desktop related utilities, or
BAK> large quatities of users. In fact I am only using something like 199 system
BAK> packages (RPM) during the install (not including the 3rd party
BAK> applications).
BAK> The only package that, based upon my experience, would give me a problem
BAK> might be kernel updates, or packages that are directly related the kernel. I
BAK> have completed RPM kernel upgrades in the past with great success. Though I
BAK> am cautiious about RPM kernel upgrades, I am confident in dealing with them.
BAK> It seems to me that the progression to a new release version is dependant
BAK> upon the previous release version, therefore it seems logical that an
BAK> upgrade path from one release version to the next should be viable.
BAK> I do no believe that I am the first person to think up something like this.
BAK> Thank You for the input!
BAK> BAK
>>Another solution would be to download and burn the boot.iso and download
>>the 4 other iso's to one of your machines. Put the iso's in an nfs share
>>or a http or ftp folder. Boot each machine from the boot iso and type
>>"linux text" at the install prompt. This will give you the option of
>>installing over the network. This way you only download from the
>>internet once and you can install them via the local network which will
>>be much quicker. Personally, I would perform a fresh install instead of
>>an upgrade. There were a few issues that came up with the change to the
>>new kernel and x server. If your /home directory is on a separate
>>partition you can keep all your settings from your previous
>>installation. Just don't format the partition and you can add the
>>user(s) account(s) after installation. Good luck!
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Best regards,
Richard mailto:rdkurth@xxxxxxxxxxxx
