Re: upgrade from hard drive? : BETTER WAY

[Beartooth]

On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:56:06 +0000, I 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.
>  
>  	If I plug in my external USB DVD drive, it's a big fight to get
>  it to acknowledge that drive exists; it refuses utterly to boot from it,
>  despite anything I do in the BIOS. 
	The solution that worked is outlined in a post to my prior thread 
on this list, "FC5 => F8 upgrade." My heartfelt thanks to all who help[ed 
on both threads!

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