FC 5 > FC6 via YUM update
Lonni J Friedman
netllama at gmail.com
Wed Oct 25 15:04:31 UTC 2006
On 10/25/06, Joe Klemmer <klemmerj at webtrek.com> wrote:
> Lonni J Friedman wrote:
>
> >> I will be doing it, too. My laptop's CD drive is all FUBAR so it's
> >> pretty much the only option available. I'm going to wait a while
> >> for the servers to start catching their breath, though.
> >
> > That's not really true. You could still perform the upgrade with
> > anaconda via the network/internet.
>
> I thought that you need some kind of bootdisk to run anaconda. Can you
> run an anaconda upgrade from a running FC5 system? Also, since doing an
> upgrade via yum or net both go over the 'Net, is there a significant
> difference between them?
You do need some kind of bootable mechanism to run the anaconda
installer, however it doesn't have to be a CD. USB key, PXEboot, etc
all work fine. The difference is that using anaconda is a 'supported'
method for upgrading whereas yum is not.
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