Hi folks, I have a FC6 machine that only has a CDROM drive, but the latest FC8 distros are only available on DVD. Previous CD based distros could be used to both install a new version, and to upgrade an existing version, does anyone know if the live cd versions can upgrade older versions, as I have lots of data that I don't want to lose. Many thanks, Dave -- Dave Stratford ZFCA http://daves.orpheusweb.co.uk/ Hexagon Systems Limited - Experts in VME systems development

In article <nAB%i.23244$j7.435288@news.indigo.ie>, Timothy Murphy <tim@birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie> wrote: > Dave Stratford wrote: > > I have a FC6 machine that only has a CDROM drive, but the latest FC8 > > distros are only available on DVD. > > > > Previous CD based distros could be used to both install a new version, and > > to upgrade an existing version, does anyone know if the live cd versions > > can upgrade older versions, as I have lots of data that I don't want to > > lose. > I upgraded from F7 using the KDE Live CD on a USB stick. > It went with only one problem - > the grub.conf created had root (hd1,2) where it should have been (hd0,2). > If upgrading from FC6, > you would certainly have to make sure all your partitions are labeled, > with labels used in /etc/fstab and /etc/grub.conf . But basically you're saying that upgrading an older version from a live cd is possible? Dave -- Dave Stratford ZFCA http://daves.orpheusweb.co.uk/ Hexagon Systems Limited - Experts in VME systems development