i'm also about to do a major version upgrade: 6.2 --> 7.0, and possibly
5.2 -->7.0 as well. does anybody have a list of common mistakes to look out
for, etc? Obviously, I'm going to be backing up all data first, but I'd like
to do this with as little headache as possible. I'll be doing the upgrade
off Redhat 7 CD.
david
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mikkel L. Ellertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 4:53 PM
Subject: Re: telnet upgrade to RH7.0 ???
> 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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