Re: Upgrade to FC4 from FC3 without having to re download and then burn cds and recreate partition?

[Sam Johnson <johnsonsamc gmail com>]

Will 3MB cable work?

On 5/31/05, Jared Buck <JBuck814366460 aol com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-05-31 at 16:04 -0400, Elliot Lee wrote:
> > On Tue, 31 May 2005, Sam Johnson wrote:
> >
> > > I am very excited about the soon release of Fedora Core 4.  However, I
> > > want to upgrade from Fedora Core 3 in an easier way than doing the
> > > procedure that is required for the first install you do, downloading
> > > all of the ISOs, then burning them to discs, and then use Disk Druid
> > > to erase partition (and all of my lovely data) and recreate it.
> > > I hear of alot of people saying that they upgraded, and am curious
> > > about how it is done.
> >
> > If you have a fast Internet connection, you can download boot.iso, burn it
> > to a CD, and then kick off an HTTP install by booting off that.
> >
> > Without a fast 'net connection, you can download all the ISOs, and do an
> > upgrade from them. That will save you from the repartitioning and
> > recreating bit.
> >
> > Best,
> > -- Elliot
> >
> 
> I have a DSL line, does that count? :)  where would I find boot.isos,
> then?
> 
> Jared
> 
> 


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