going to FC4

[Rick Stevens]

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.

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