On Wed, 2016-04-06 at 22:07 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote:
> If you tell the installer to get the stage2 from an iso file, the
> installer will remove the entire drive (not just the partition)
> containing the file from the install options.
What a major fuck-up in design. Nup, I'm not going to sugar-c
On 04/07/2016 07:01 PM, Amadeus W.M. wrote:
Yes, that's the procedure I remember. The magic you put in grub is
essential. This should be documented as a FAQ or actually in the official
docs. It used to be, I don't know why it isn't anymore. It's a "green"
method, it saves time and dvds.
I expect
On Tue, 05 Apr 2016 08:19:55 +1000, Stephen Morris wrote:
> On 05/04/16 08:04, Samuel Sieb wrote:
>> On 04/04/2016 02:49 PM, Stephen Morris wrote:
>>> On 04/04/16 10:30, Amadeus W.M. wrote:
I haven't upgraded my machines in a while and I couldn't find any
reference on how to install dire
On Tue, 05 Apr 2016 16:32:26 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote:
> On 04/04/2016 02:34 PM, Amadeus W.M. wrote:
>> I used to - mount the iso on some empty directory,
>> - extract vmlinuz and the initramfs image for the new distribution and
>> put them in /boot - modify grub.conf accordingly, write it to disk
On 04/06/2016 07:03 PM, Chris Murphy wrote:
On Wed, Apr 6, 2016, 2:07 AM Samuel Sieb mailto:sam...@sieb.net>> wrote:
On 04/06/2016 12:58 AM, Tim wrote:
> On Tue, 2016-04-05 at 16:32 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote:
>> One important issue is that you can't install to the drive
>> that
On Wed, Apr 6, 2016, 2:07 AM Samuel Sieb wrote:
> On 04/06/2016 12:58 AM, Tim wrote:
> > On Tue, 2016-04-05 at 16:32 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote:
> >> One important issue is that you can't install to the drive
> >> that you read the iso from
> >
> > "Partition" not "drive".
> >
> No, I definitely me
On 04/06/2016 12:58 AM, Tim wrote:
On Tue, 2016-04-05 at 16:32 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote:
One important issue is that you can't install to the drive
that you read the iso from
"Partition" not "drive".
No, I definitely mean drive. If you put the iso file in /home and try
to use it as the stag
On Tue, 2016-04-05 at 16:32 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote:
> One important issue is that you can't install to the drive
> that you read the iso from
"Partition" not "drive".
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On Wed, 6 Apr 2016 00:55:45 + (UTC)
"Amadeus W.M." wrote:
> Oh, so I don't have to write the bfo file to any media? That's
> excellent, that's what I'm looking for. Yes, I can install over the
> network, as long as I can boot the installation from hard disk. In
> fact I think once the instal
On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 19:50:27 -0700, stan wrote:
> On Sun, 3 Apr 2016 19:33:26 -0700 stan
> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 4 Apr 2016 00:30:52 + (UTC)
>> "Amadeus W.M." wrote:
>>
>> > I haven't upgraded my machines in a while and I couldn't find any
>> > reference on how to install directly from the h
On 04/04/2016 02:34 PM, Amadeus W.M. wrote:
I used to
- mount the iso on some empty directory,
- extract vmlinuz and the initramfs image for the new distribution and
put them in /boot
- modify grub.conf accordingly, write it to disk and boot the new kernel
- during install, specify the partition
On 04/04/2016 06:47 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
On Mon, 4 Apr 2016 15:04:55 -0700 Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 04/04/2016 02:49 PM, Stephen Morris wrote:
On 04/04/16 10:30, Amadeus W.M. wrote:
I haven't upgraded my machines in a while and I couldn't find any
reference on how to install directly from t
On Mon, 4 Apr 2016 15:04:55 -0700 Samuel Sieb wrote:
> On 04/04/2016 02:49 PM, Stephen Morris wrote:
> > On 04/04/16 10:30, Amadeus W.M. wrote:
> >> I haven't upgraded my machines in a while and I couldn't find any
> >> reference on how to install directly from the hard disk, without media.
> >>
On 04/04/2016 04:02 PM, Tom Horsley wrote:
On Mon, 4 Apr 2016 15:50:05 -0700
Samuel Sieb wrote:
This will give you all the packages that were installed on the original
system, but not on the current install.
Of course, the more releases you are skipping over, the more
rpms will have decided t
On 04/04/2016 03:50 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
Yes, it will. If he has the time, he could upgrade one version at a
time using fedup. But it would not be a good idea to jump the whole way
even if it would let you (which I think it won't).
He could, however, use it to go from F 20 to F 21, do some
On Mon, 4 Apr 2016 15:50:05 -0700
Samuel Sieb wrote:
> This will give you all the packages that were installed on the original
> system, but not on the current install.
Of course, the more releases you are skipping over, the more
rpms will have decided to change names, so this doesn't
always wor
On 04/04/2016 03:19 PM, Stephen Morris wrote:
Isn't booting from the iso image, or mounting the image as a loopback
device and running the installer from the mount point, going to install
the new version from scratch rather than doing an upgrade, which would
then mean that he would have to rememb
On 05/04/16 08:04, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 04/04/2016 02:49 PM, Stephen Morris wrote:
On 04/04/16 10:30, Amadeus W.M. wrote:
I haven't upgraded my machines in a while and I couldn't find any
reference on how to install directly from the hard disk, without media.
Is this still possible? None of my
On 04/04/2016 02:49 PM, Stephen Morris wrote:
On 04/04/16 10:30, Amadeus W.M. wrote:
I haven't upgraded my machines in a while and I couldn't find any
reference on how to install directly from the hard disk, without media.
Is this still possible? None of my pcs boot off of a usb stick and the
cd
On 04/04/16 10:30, Amadeus W.M. wrote:
I haven't upgraded my machines in a while and I couldn't find any
reference on how to install directly from the hard disk, without media.
Is this still possible? None of my pcs boot off of a usb stick and the
cdrom I think is failing on one of them, so I rea
On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 20:10:16 -0600, Chris Murphy wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 6:30 PM, Amadeus W.M.
> wrote:
>> I haven't upgraded my machines in a while and I couldn't find any
>> reference on how to install directly from the hard disk, without media.
>> Is this still possible? None of my pcs
On Sun, 3 Apr 2016 19:33:26 -0700
stan wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Apr 2016 00:30:52 + (UTC)
> "Amadeus W.M." wrote:
>
> > I haven't upgraded my machines in a while and I couldn't find any
> > reference on how to install directly from the hard disk, without
> > media. Is this still possible? None o
On Mon, 4 Apr 2016 00:30:52 + (UTC)
"Amadeus W.M." wrote:
> I haven't upgraded my machines in a while and I couldn't find any
> reference on how to install directly from the hard disk, without
> media. Is this still possible? None of my pcs boot off of a usb stick
> and the cdrom I think is
On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 6:30 PM, Amadeus W.M. wrote:
> I haven't upgraded my machines in a while and I couldn't find any
> reference on how to install directly from the hard disk, without media.
> Is this still possible? None of my pcs boot off of a usb stick and the
> cdrom I think is failing on o
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