At 1:30 PM +1000 4/12/07, Ian Mortimer wrote: >On Wed, 2007-04-11 at 11:16 -0400, Tony Nelson wrote: > >> It is possible to upgrade a runnable installation without burning any media >> at all, by providing the new kernel and setting up a proper grub entry and >> rebooting, but I have not actually done that (so I'm sure I left something >> out). > >You need to copy the isolinux directory from the 1st install CD to /boot >and then set up a grub entry along the lines of: > >title Upgrade to Fedora 6 > root (hd0,0) > kernel /boot/isolinux/vmlinuz > initrd /boot/isolinux/initrd.img > >(add any options you need to the kernel line.) Good to have on record. >> I just burn the Rescue CD, or the whole DVD, and use that to start a >> disk-based upgrade with "linux askmethod" (it's faster that way, modulo yum >> dep-checking speed). > >You only need boot.iso from the images directory. That's a much >smaller download. Or if your box can boot from a usb key you can use >diskboot.img and dd that on to a pen drive. True as far as it goes, but the Rescue CD is much more generally useful and when you need it you won't be able to get it. -- ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/>
