On 01/20/2013 02:22 PM, Sergio Belkin wrote:
Hi Fedora community, AFAIK fedup only works with DVD iso files not with LiveCD iso files: I was reading the thread at http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/2013-January/429113.html something interesting about it ISO files are still useful, for example to test in a quicky way on a Virtual machine, but I don't know you, but I'm sick of burning CDs.... I think that the best and more confortable method to upgrade the OS should be: 1. Download a LiveCD Fedora.iso (it takes less time than download the DVD iso file) 2. Launch fedup --iso Fedora-LiveCD.iso, that make the job of adjusting GRUB2 i.a. 3. Reboot the system 3. Choose LiveCD entry from GRUB2) Perform the installation as you wish And forget about of burning optical discs.... Of course this does not cover all cases, for example, you should preserve the partition where ISO image file is. What do you think? Greetings -- -- Sergio Belkin http://www.sergiobelkin.com Watch More TV http://sebelk.blogspot.com LPIC-2 Certified - http://www.lpi.org
I find it easier (and smaller) to download the netinst.iso (like Fedora-18-x86_64-netinst.iso) Loop-back mount and pull the vmlinuz and initrd.img into /boot, and create a grub or grub2 entry to start the install, adding additional options as desired (vnc display, kickstart file). Create a simple kickstart file and adding additional repo's (who doesn't use rpmfusion or some other add-on?) and mod the package list. Then do a network install. This has the advantage of only downloading the most recent packages, and only the set desired. Avoids the "initial install, then update most of the packages" syndrome that happens a few months after initial release. The netinst.iso also doubles as a rescue install, and you can put a couple images (e.g. 32 & 64 bit) on a single USB stick. I'm not locked into a "Spin" and whether or not the packages I'm interested in made it onto the DVD. I did several Xfce-only installs using this. And a Gnome/KDE/Xfce/icewm joint setup using this same install image. A small kickstart file provides recipe for what you want. I also avoid possible confusion and manually format and label the partitions before I install. This avoids mistakes with anaconda over-writing partitions you don't want disturbed. It's better to have have anaconda fail to find your named partition (early) than to the have device ordering slip and wipe something you wanted to keep. Cheers, -Bob Arendt -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
