going to FC4

[Rick Stevens]

Paul Howarth wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-07-06 at 00:48 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote:
> 
>>Paul Howarth wrote:
>>
>>>On Tue, 2005-07-05 at 19:30 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Steven C. Liu wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>>I have the FC4 DVD iso on my FC2 box.  I don't have a DVD drive on that 
>>>>>box.  I can mount it as an iso9660 fs, but I can't figure out how to 
>>>>>upgrade my FC2 system via that method.  I bought an external USB DVD 
>>>>>drive, but the system wouldn't boot to that drive.  Yes, I can burn a 
>>>>>DVD from my XP box.  (I didn't play around with the BIOS...)
>>>>
>>>>Burn your DVD, then go fetch Smart Boot Manager (SBM)
>>>>(http://btmgr.webframe.org/), stick it on a floppy and boot the floppy.
>>>>It'll let you boot from darn near any device you have, whether your BIOS
>>>>understands it or not.
>>>>
>>>>SBM, IMHO, is a damned useful tool.
>>>
>>>
>>>I think you missed the part where he said he didn't have a DVD drive on
>>>that box?
>>
>>Er, he said, "I bought an external USB DVD drive, but the system
>>wouldn't boot to that drive."  Hence my suggestion of SBM.
> 
> 
> Sorry. Must stop posting before having the morning coffee :-)

Heck, I haven't even been home yet!  It's now 0110 on July 6.  I got to
the office at 0900 yesterday (July 5) morning.  That's, uh, 16 hours so
far.

I HATE maintenance marathons!
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