install of fc5 while running fc4?

[David L]

[snip]
>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..

I don't want to upgrade my fc4 partition... I like to keep my old 
installation until
I'm comfortable that all of the tools that I use work in the new release.  
If you're
suggesting I upgrade my (inactive) fc3 partition, I don't know how to use 
yum
to upgrade an inactive partition, and I've had problems upgrading in the 
past.
I trust new installations more than upgrades (although I have to admit that 
I
haven't tried an upgrade in several years, so maybe they work better now)?
Is it possible to yum upgrade an inactive partition? If so, how?  I actually 
have
two partitions... a boot partition and a root partition.  Can I tell yum to 
upgrade
an fc3 boot partition and a different fc3 root partition while I'm running 
fc4?

Thanks...
          David


>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?

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