upgrade from hard drive? : BETTER WAY

[Beartooth]

On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:56:06 +0000, I Beartooth wrote:

> I *think* it's possible to upgrade from a .iso on the hard drive --
> right? How?
> 
> 	I managed to upgrade FC5 to FC6, because I have CDs for that; but
> I want to get clear to F8, and the machine I'm trying to upgrade has
> only a CD drive.
> 
> 	If I plug in my external USB DVD drive, it's a big fight to get
> it to acknowledge that drive exists; it refuses utterly to boot from it,
> despite anything I do in the BIOS.

	The solution that worked is outlined in a post to my prior thread 
on this list, "FC5 => F8 upgrade." My heartfelt thanks to all who help[ed 
on both threads!

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