Hi. That depends on your distribution. I use Debian. Upgrading to the latest version is done by typing a few commands. I have speech during the whole process. As a matter of fact, you don't even reboot the system. I'm sure other distributions like Slackware and Redhat have something similar. Kenny On Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 09:21:21AM -0400, klbrown wrote: > Do you have to boot from the installation media inorder to upgrade linux? Can you have your speaking system up and issue a command from the prompt to upgrade linux? > > Kevin >