install of fc5 while running fc4?

[Randy Wyatt]

On 5/8/06, Kam Leo <kam.leo at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/8/06, Jose Achmad Palala <deterium73 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > So you have two partitions and you want to be able to put stuff into the
> > other partition while you're running fc4 right?  the thing is, maybe you'd
> > like to just upgrade... as in yum upgrade..
> >
> >
> > On 5/8/06, David L <idht4n at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > I have partitions reserved for two simultaneous fc releases.  That way, I
> > > can try a new release and revert to the old release if I have a problem
> > with
> > > the new release.  For example, I have fc4 active on my computer and I can
> > > still boot to fc3 on an alternate partition.  I'm about to blow away the
> > fc3
> > > partions and install fc5.  My question is, can I install fc5 to alternate
> > > partitions while I'm running (and actively using fc4)?  Or if there isn't
> > a
> > > safe way to do that, is there an easy way to extract all of the RPMs into
> > > the root partition of what will become the fc5 root partition so I can
> > save
> > > a few hours during the installation?
> > >
> > > Thanks...
> > >
> > >                   David
> > >
>
> You can just have FC5 install over the FC3 partition. This is no more
> different than installing say Fedora on one partition and SUSE on
> another. If you are concerned about partitioning delete the FC3
> partition(s) first and have FC5 use the free space.
>
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Do you have the option of vmware ?  You may just want to migrate to a
vmware solution

Yum upgrade works,  but I would try to have a quiet system when doing
the upgrade,  but it doesn't solve your issue.

Are your partitions the exact same size ?