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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