>On Sat, 02 Jun 2007 16:42:05 -0700 >Knute Johnson <knute@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> That works fine but you can't upgrade an existing installation >> without a DVD drive or a complicated (and not really documented so >> that a linux blivet can do it) set of procedures. > >You already have a mail server and a desktop machine. Why not copy the >dvdimage and host a nfs server on one (which will take you about 3 minutes to >set up), and boot off of the cdrom boot.iso on the other; upgrade it. Then copy >the dvd image to the other, host a nfs server on that, and upgrade it. > >Assuming that they are in the same room (or can be brought into the same room) >it won't take any longer to do it this way than it would take to shuffle >all of those CD's around. Really! They are on a different network and nfs is not installed on the mail server. Installing it is probably not a big problem but that computer is connected directly to the net and I don't think I want nfs exposed to the world. And the mail server is downstairs in the garage and my desktop isn't. Then add to that that I have no idea how nfs works or how to configure it or how to do an install with it. I'm not opposed to learning new skills but I don't have unlimited time to fool with this. CDs are simple and fairly reliable (more so now that I figured out how solve the media check problem). My mail server is still at FC5 because I didn't want to risk blowing it up when I upgraded it. Now it is time to upgrade and there are no disks. Upgrading is hazardous enough without having to drag computers around, change their addresses, do an install that I can't find any real instructions for and drag my desktop downstairs. I think maybe I'll just change my mail server computer to ubuntu server. They just upgrade from the net. No disks. -- Knute Johnson Molon Labe...
