Joe Klemmer wrote:
Lonni J Friedman wrote:
I thought that you need some kind of bootdisk to run anaconda. Can
you run an anaconda upgrade from a running FC5 system? Also, since
doing an upgrade via yum or net both go over the 'Net, is there a
significant difference between them?
You do need some kind of bootable mechanism to run the anaconda
installer, however it doesn't have to be a CD. USB key, PXEboot, etc
all work fine. The difference is that using anaconda is a
'supported' method for upgrading whereas yum is not.
Hmmm... I'll have to see if this laptop will boot via usb or
something. There's no floppy in it and I don't have anything to boot
from via PEXboot.
If you have the DVD iso downloaded:
1. put it at the top level any drive except the / drive. {may only be
required if you intend to format the / drive}
2. mkdir empty-folder
3. mount -o loop the-dvd.iso empty-folder
4. cp empty-folder/images/pxeboot/ vmlinuz and initrd.img to your
existing /boot folder.
5. gedit /boot/grub/grub.boot
6. copy a boot stanza, but change the kernel and initrd lines to have
the version-less vm.. and in..
7. reboot and press a key to get boot selection.
8. choose the new selection:
9. select Hard disk and choose the partition and folder where the iso is.
10. tell it you want to upgrade.
Whoolah - booting the installer from your own machine. This is
definitely operational with an FC5 to FC6 upgrade on my machine.
DaveT.
