On Fri, 19 Sep 2008 01:12:36 +0930, Tim wrote: > On Thu, 2008-09-18 at 14:56 +0000, Beartooth wrote: >> I *think* it's possible to upgrade from a .iso on the hard drive >> -- right? How? >> >> I managed to upgrade FC5 to FC6, because I have CDs for that; >> but I want to get clear to F8, and the machine I'm trying to upgrade >> has only a CD drive. > > You should be able to do it the same way that you can do a fresh install > from an ISO on the hard drive. Put the ISO file somewhere that's > readable during the install routine, Where is such a place? I have no idea what all Anaconda looks at besides the medium it's on. > boot from the small net install / > rescue disc, to start the install/upgrade, and tell it where the big DVD > ISO file is located when prompted for the install source location. I found boot.iso in the big file at /root/, and am in process of trying to burn it to a CD; is that the right thing to burn? -- Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert Fedora 8 & 9; Alpine 1.10, Pan 0.132; Privoxy 3.0.6; Dillo 0.8.6, Galeon 2.0.3, Epiphany 2.20, Opera 9.27, Firefox 2.0 Remember I know precious little of what I am talking about. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
