FC Upgrade 3 -> 6 : install process does not see disks

Tony Nelson tonynelson at georgeanelson.com
Thu Apr 12 13:57:59 UTC 2007


At 1:30 PM +1000 4/12/07, Ian Mortimer wrote:
>On Wed, 2007-04-11 at 11:16 -0400, Tony Nelson wrote:
>
>> It is possible to upgrade a runnable installation without burning any media
>> at all, by providing the new kernel and setting up a proper grub entry and
>> rebooting, but I have not actually done that (so I'm sure I left something
>> out).
>
>You need to copy the isolinux directory from the 1st install CD to /boot
>and then set up a grub entry along the lines of:
>
>title Upgrade to Fedora 6
>        root (hd0,0)
>        kernel /boot/isolinux/vmlinuz
>        initrd /boot/isolinux/initrd.img
>
>(add any options you need to the kernel line.)

Good to have on record.


>> I just burn the Rescue CD, or the whole DVD, and use that to start a
>> disk-based upgrade with "linux askmethod" (it's faster that way, modulo yum
>> dep-checking speed).
>
>You only need boot.iso from the images directory.  That's a much
>smaller download.  Or if your box can boot from a usb key you can use
>diskboot.img and dd that on to a pen drive.

True as far as it goes, but the Rescue CD is much more generally useful and
when you need it you won't be able to get it.
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