On Fri, 05 Nov 2010 12:25:50 +0000 Terry Barnaby <terry1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Is it possible to install Fedora14 onto a spare partition from DVD on > a running Fedora12 system ? > I have two separate 30G partitions on my systems to allow two Fedora > versions to be installed. I normally install a new Fedora onto the > alternate partition allowing a boot back to the old system in case of > issues and to retrieve config. However, Fedora, with all my default > packages, takes a fair time to install so I was wondering if there > was a way to do this while the existing system is running ? I guess I > could use KVM or something, but is there an easy way, something like > "anaconda --root=..." ? It sounds like you want to run the install as a process under your running F12 system. As far as I know, the answer is no. When the DVD boots, it loads its own verion of the linux kernel to actually do the install. I do what you do regarding the partitions, and the new F14 install took 2 hours from start to finish. Of course, it took a lot more tweaking after, but it would boot successfully after 2 hours. That doesn't seem excessive to me. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
