Upgrade from LIVE CD option

Rahul Sundaram sundaram at fedoraproject.org
Mon Jun 4 13:47:31 UTC 2007


Mark Haney wrote:
> Okay, obviously I"ve missed something.  I expected there to be an 
> 'upgrade' option in the 'Install from CD' link on the LIVE CD desktop. I 
> was wrong.  how do I upgrade a system using the CD?  I followed the 
> install process, but I didn't like getting the feeling I was going to 
> lose everything if I did it that way.
> 
> I have a dozen or so boxes I need to upgrade that don't have DVD-drives. 
>  And I certainly don't want to use yum, as my test box blew a gasket on it.
> 
> And I've found to M to RTF, so I'm lost.

Live images can't support upgrades since they just copy the entire image 
into the file system. You have several options including a network or 
hard disk installation from DVD images using the boot/rescue.iso images.

Rahul




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