On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Shoberg wrote:
>
> I tried looking in the archives but for wha I am asking there is no way to
> term key words and get accurate results.
>
> Is there a way upgrade to automatically upgrade to RH7.0 from RH6.1 via
> SSH/TELNET? I'd like to just login, su to root, start the upgrade, have it
> update everything via RPM. Most importantly I'd like to preserve all of
> my current network, nfs, samaba settings. I'm looking for something
> extremely simple, easy, and painless.
>
> On this PC the bios is locked and I can't get the CD to become
> bootable. On the RH7.0 disks is there a, pardon the term, upgrade wizard?
>
> Thanks
>
There is no easy way to do this. Upgrading major versions has to be
done at least in the single user mode, unless you are willing to accept
a HIGH risk of crashing. On top of that, there is the change from inetd
to xinetd, with a configuration file format change.
Better options would be:
Resetting the BIOS password. Your motherboard documentation should
cover what jumper to do that. Some motherboards have a jumper to
disable the password checking without changing anything in the BIOS.
If you can boot from floppy, make a boot disk, and boot from that. The
images are on the CD.
If you can not boot off a floppy, then you can create a boot entry that
will work with LILO to boot the system.
other=/dev/fd0
label=Floppy
If you do not have a floppy in the machine, there is a way to set up an
image on the hard drive to do the install. If you need that, I'll see
if I can write up instructions on how to do that.
Mikkel
--
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
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