Hi David, On Nov 14, 2007 9:36 AM, David Timms <dtimms@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > André Costa wrote: > > Well, a network upgrade with yum should work, but what will happen if > > I lose connection for some reason? > Don't risk it. You should be able modify the info at: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/YumUpgradeFaq > > with: > edit /etc/yum.conf to keepcache=1 > {if you have the DVD iso, copy it's rpms into the yum cache > {/var/cache/yum/....} > > yum install yum-downloadonly > time yum --downloadonly -y upgrade > Repeat if you have download/network problems. > Once successfully downloaded, remove the --downloadonly: > time yum -y upgrade Nice, this is really cool info =) If I got it right, I would not need to download anything (aside from post-F8 upgrades) if I can copy RPMs directly from DVD iso, right? > I'm interested to know how long the download and the install actually take. No problem, I will post here any info I get about it. > Additionally, you may be able to save a serious amount of time through > divide and conquer eg: > time yum -y update xorg* Mmmh... sounds good. I would only need to do a final "yum upgrade" at the end to ensure nothing wrong was left behind. > > Is it possible to use yum to upgrade from the installation DVD? > You would need to do a few special things; create a fedora-media.repo > and point it to the mounted CD. As well as have the network available > for updates the aren't on the DVD but instead in Fedora Everything. Got it, seems worth a try. Do you have any pointers on how to create the fedora-media.repo? Actually, shouldn't it be provided by default on the DVD iso so that it could be used as a fallback upgrade method when anaconda fails horribly like this? Thks a lot for your tips, I am finally seeing some light at the end of the tunnel ;-) Regards, Andre
