On 2/22/06, G.Wolfe Woodbury <ggw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 22, 2006 at 07:12:46PM -0500, Nat Gross wrote: > > On 2/22/06, G.Wolfe Woodbury <ggw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 22, 2006 at 05:34:14PM -0500, Nat Gross wrote: > > > > On 2/22/06, yonas abraham <yonas@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > Nat Gross wrote: > > > > > > Basic question, folks. > > > > > > Machines A and B, both FC4. > > > > > > A is the one I want to upgrade to FC5. > > > > > > B has the dvd iso image in /nfs and is exported. (checksum ok.) > > > > > > A currently has B:/nfs mounted in /mnt/B. > > > > > > A can currently browse the iso ok. > > > > > > > > > > > > Question: How do I get the show on the road. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks; > > > > > > -nat > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > you need to boot B from the boot cd/dvd and on the boot command put > > > > > askmethod??? Then choose nfs instll and give A's address and location of > > > > > the iso > > > > (You have A & B inversed from my example, no matter.) > > > > I forgot to mention that on the machine to be upgraded, A, I do not > > > > have a dvd drive, just a cdrom rw bootable. > > > > > > Fetch the rescuecd.iso image and burn that, it has the installer plus > > > some rescue tools. Use "linux askmethod" at the boot prompt. > > Go it, thanks. > > > > One more question folks, relating to FC4-->FC5t3, which I should have asked. > > Will it upgrade the system without wiping any of the current config or data? > > (When it went from FC3---->FC4, it simply updated everything, in place.) > > I found that the hostname got lost, and the yum repos got scrambled a > bit. Everything else stayed okay. Yep. Same here. It doesn't see the lan/wan and it does not know its name. Please, what is the quickest (cmd line is fine) way to get these back. I restored /etc/hosts (which was fc5t3 overwrote) but I don't remember what other files need to be changed. It still does not see the lan/wan. Please advise; Thanks -nat
