On Fri, 2006-04-07 at 08:43 +0530, Anil Kumar Sharma wrote: > > > On 4/7/06, Todd Zullinger <tmz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Devon Harding wrote: > > I have a FC3 system that cannot boot from CD or floppy. Is > it > > possible to upgrade to FC5 without a CD or Floppy? Yum? > > I have no experience doing yum upgrades, though many folks on > this > list have done them with varying degrees of success, judging > by the > archives. > > My preference when updating to a new version is to do a fresh > install > and then restore my config file changes manually. Not always > quick > and easy, but it avoids some update pitfalls. > > Anyway, some options (other than yum) that you may have are > network > boot or a usb drive. If you can boot from a usb device, > that's > probably less setup than a network boot. Both methods will > require > you to have another system that you can put the install files > on and > each will require a network card. > > How familiar are you with linux? Setting up a network boot > isn't all > that hard, but it's also not something that'd be fun to try if > you're > still learning your way around a command prompt. I did this a > while > back with (IIRC) FC2 and I had little problem googling for the > details and making it work. > > > Get iso files (either dvd or cd) on your hard disk. > mount them in loop > copy install files (vmlinuz and initrd) from iso to /boot > edit grub.conf to give install boot option > boot into the new install option > choose install method > point to the location of iso files and proceed to either fresh install > or upgrade. > (specific details of each step are discussed in threads before, please > search.) Details available here: http://www.city-fan.org/tips/BootInstallerFromHardDisk Paul.
