Newsflash: there seems to be a workaround here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=372011#c28 Haven't tested it myself, and it is known that it didn't solve the problem for everyone, but still worth a try before trying the "yum way", Regards, Andre On Nov 14, 2007 9:59 AM, André Costa <blueser@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 >
