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F6 -> F8 on cdrom system?
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| Hi,
I would like to upgrade a system from F6 to F8, but it has a CDROM, no
DVD. Is it possible to use the LiveCD for this or is there another solution?
Thanks.
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| Bit Twister 2007-11-15, 3:01 pm |
| On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:53:01 +0100, Huub wrote:
> Hi,
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> I would like to upgrade a system from F6 to F8, but it has a CDROM, no
> DVD. Is it possible to use the LiveCD for this or is there another solution?
Yes, open up the iso,
mkdir /iso
mount -t auto -o ro,loop=/dev/loop0 FC_fn_here.iso /iso
copy vmlinuz,initrd.img somewhere, (same directory if you like)
cd /iso/isolinux
cp vmlinuz /somewhere
cp initrd.img /somewhere
unmount the iso
cd
umount /iso
add a boot stanza to your loader and away you go.
Grub snippet
title "FC8 Install"
kernel (hdX,Y)/somewhere/vmlinuz ro vga=791
initrd (hdX,Y)/somewhere/initrd.img
You solve for X,Y
Reboot the system, pick FC8 Install
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> Yes, open up the iso,
> mkdir /iso
> mount -t auto -o ro,loop=/dev/loop0 FC_fn_here.iso /iso
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> copy vmlinuz,initrd.img somewhere, (same directory if you like)
> cd /iso/isolinux
> cp vmlinuz /somewhere
> cp initrd.img /somewhere
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> unmount the iso
> cd
> umount /iso
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> add a boot stanza to your loader and away you go.
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> Grub snippet
> title "FC8 Install"
> kernel (hdX,Y)/somewhere/vmlinuz ro vga=791
> initrd (hdX,Y)/somewhere/initrd.img
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> You solve for X,Y
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> Reboot the system, pick FC8 Install
Thank you. Will try it.
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| > Reboot the system, pick FC8 Install
After booting the F8 kernel, I get the following:
<snip>
no root yet, ndev rule will write symlink
waiting up to 60 seconds before dropping into emrgency shell
.........
WARNING: Cannot find root file system
bash>
Can you tell me what I might be doing wrong?
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| Bit Twister 2007-11-16, 1:39 pm |
| On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:30:27 +0100, Huub wrote:
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> After booting the F8 kernel, I get the following:
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><snip>
> no root yet, ndev rule will write symlink
> waiting up to 60 seconds before dropping into emrgency shell
> ........
> WARNING: Cannot find root file system
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> bash>
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> Can you tell me what I might be doing wrong?
You may want to read http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Do not know commands used from my example, do not know contents of
menu.lst. No idea if you verified md5 or sha1 sums of iso after
downling from internet before trying the install. You know little
things which someone would need to see where you dink up something.
If everything is correct, I have no idea.
I installed FC8 a week ago, and had to re-install FC7 again last night.
Both fc7/fc8 installs are running fine on my system.
grub snippet
title fedora_iso
root (hd1,0)
kernel /spare/vmlinuz ro vga=791
initrd /spare/initrd.img
I downloaded the iso into my /local/spare directory which is in my
second drive, first partition.
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| Bit Twister wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:30:27 +0100, Huub wrote:
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> You may want to read http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
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> Do not know commands used from my example, do not know contents of
> menu.lst. No idea if you verified md5 or sha1 sums of iso after
> downling from internet before trying the install. You know little
> things which someone would need to see where you dink up something.
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> If everything is correct, I have no idea.
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> I installed FC8 a week ago, and had to re-install FC7 again last night.
> Both fc7/fc8 installs are running fine on my system.
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> grub snippet
> title fedora_iso
> root (hd1,0)
> kernel /spare/vmlinuz ro vga=791
> initrd /spare/initrd.img
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> I downloaded the iso into my /local/spare directory which is in my
> second drive, first partition.
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OK, thanks for helping. Going to try again.
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