Excellent information. I am already setup for something like this. I will have to try it in a lab. Thank You for the informaiton BAK -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Richard Kurth Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 4:07 PM To: For users of Fedora Core releases Subject: Re[2]: Update from FC1 to FC2 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! -- Best regards, Richard mailto:rdkurth@xxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
