On Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:21:12 -0500 Richard Shaw <hobbes1069@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 2:08 PM, stan <gryt2@xxxxx> wrote: > > Do you know if a yum clean meta would clean up the cache > > corruption after doing this? > > It appears to store the information separately. I haven't had any > problems using this. I don't think you need to do anything afterwards. > > > > Does this mean it is possible to update a non-running system by > > using releasever and installroot? e.g. update F14 from F15 > > yum -y update --releasever=14 --installdir=<path to F14 root> > > I would think so but have never tried that. I usually do the 'chroot > /mtn/sysimage' method.After that I would think it would properly > detect the release of the chroot regardless of the rescue system you > booted. Thank you Richard (and Joe) for your responses. It seems that the chroot method is the way to go. -- 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