were there no software upgrades from 3 to 5? I find that difficult to believe...
On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 10:53 PM, hiren kapadia <[email protected]> wrote: > update latest kernel, So upgrade autometically from 3 to 5 > > On 3/5/09, Daniel Eggleston <[email protected]> wrote: > >> gentoo's guide: >> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml >> >> debian's guide: >> http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/426 -- a little less >> comprehensive >> >> Here's a quick rundown of the info >> >> Usual legal mumbo jumbo about me not accepting liability and such is here >> -- it's your own system, so don't do anything on it that you don't >> understand, or else deal with the repercussions. >> >> >> 1) format the target drive (i.e. mfks.ext3 /dev/hda2) >> 2) mount the drive (i.e. mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/newdistro) >> 3) copy in the initial target system (for gentoo: tar xf >> /some/place/local/stage3-lotsanumbers.tar.bz2 -C /mnt/newdistro >> for debian, debootstrap lenny /mnt/newdistro) >> >> 4) mount necessary filesystems >> mount -t proc proc /mnt/newdistro/proc >> mount -o bind /dev /mnt/newdistro/dev >> cp -L /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/newdistro/etc >> 5) chroot into the new environment (chroot /mnt/newdistro) >> 6) configure the new distro <<-- you're on your own here; this is >> described in great detail many other places. >> 7) add an entry to your bootloader to load the new distro (preferably also >> add a failsafe in case the new one doesn't boot... see man grub, man lilo, >> man syslinux, or whatever your loader of choice is) >> 8) reboot >> 9) enjoy! (or proceed to bash your head on the table if you forgot IDE >> drivers to the kernel and didn't add a failsafe to the bootloader... who >> *does* that??) >> >> On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 2:58 AM, Jibz <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Can u gimme steps on how to do it with a chrooted env? >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 6:40 AM, Daniel Eggleston <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> well, the one with the spare drive you can install a chrooted >>>> environment and reboot into it. If there's no spare space in the other >>>> server, it gets a lot more tricky. If you were awfully clever you could >>>> boot into an initramfs system with network support & repartition the hard >>>> drive to make some space to do the same trick. >>>> >>>> I've installed linux remotely (strictly speaking, I had physical >>>> access), but I've never tried to upgrade a distro remotely with removable >>>> media. >>>> >>>> Maybe someone else has more experience? Honestly, gentoo and debian are >>>> the only ones I could install easily in this situation (with a stage >>>> tarball >>>> or debootstrap). >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Jibz <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> One server has and one doesnt... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 10:48 PM, Daniel Eggleston >>>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> is there a spare hard drive in those machines? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 9:35 AM, Jibz <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>> I'm trying to upgrade my remote server from RHEL 3 to RHEL 5. My >>>>>>> problem is that RHEL 5 DVD is with me and the servers are abroad. So i >>>>>>> cannot insert the media into the server. So i have to adapt another >>>>>>> method. >>>>>>> Can i copy the contents of the DVD directly or as iso to the servers >>>>>>> and do >>>>>>> an upgrade?? If so how??? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Urgent. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Jibs >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> "The will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not >>>>>>> protect you." >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Daniel >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> "The will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not >>>>> protect you." >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> Daniel >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> "The will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not >>> protect you." >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Daniel >> >> >> -- Daniel --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
