upgrade

[yasasvi]

Hi,
I have RHL 7.0 on my box.How can i upgrade it to RHL 7.1 (we have it on our LAN server).This could be repeated question.So, I would be happy even if i could get working url for it

Thank you,

suresh ;)

[kernel4x]

try this ..
it was from NHF --- for FTP installations
here's the link ..
[http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/installation/ftpinstall.html]

here's what it said:
1. To begin the installation, you need to download some preliminary files. You also need to make a boot floppy, so have a blank floppy disk handy. Get "bootnet.img" from the images subdirectory at the ftp site, e.g., (ftp://ftp.linuxberg.com/pub/distributions/RedHat/i386/images/). It is recommended that the Red Hat site not be used as the connection is overburdened and slow.

2. Get "rawrite" from the dosutils subdirectory.
This (ftp://ftp.linuxberg.com/pub/distributions/RedHat/i386/dosutils/).
This is a dos program that will write the bootnet.img file to a floppy. It will write it one byte at a time and it really sensitive to marginal floppies. If this is a laptop, you will need the supplemental or "pcmcia.img" images too.
(ftp://ftp.linuxberg.com/pub/distributions/RedHat/i386/images/)

3. Run rawrite and it will give you the format for the command when you run it. (probably "rawrite c:\locationofbootnet.img\bootnet.img a:").

4. Next, make sure that you have the full URL to the start of the linux tree on your ftp mirror.
(ftp://ftp.linuxberg.com/pub/distributions/RedHat/i386/ or
ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/linux/distributions/redhat/current/i386/).
This should be in the i386 subdirectory.

([Sensei's comment] "for anyone not following, bootnet.img is necessary if you want to install via FTP hence bootnet...boot over the net.")

5. Now you should put your newly built bootnet.img floppy in your drive, and reboot. It will load the kernel, and then ask you a couple questions, like language and stuff. I am assuming that you have a real internet connection, like Ethernet, cable, dsl, and that it works with linux.

When you tell it that you are going to do an FTP install, it will ask for your network info, like IP, gateway, DNS, and the url. The system will then install as normal. A full install is about 800MB.

[bdg1983]

You didn't say if you have the RH7.1 CD or not, so I will assume you do.

I'm not sure how reliable upgrading over a previous version is though I imagine going to immediate next version shouldn't be too bad.

After booting from the 7.1 CD, it should have a option to upgrade an existing version. Just make sure you backup your data first.

[hambleto]

Upgrading from the CD is very easy. I have upgraded 3 boxes this way and have not run into a single problem.

[yasasvi]

Hi,
Thanx every body.I got penguin rhl 7.1 cDs and I upgraded successfully.But I had one problem.When I log as root, the gnome is saying that "default icons are not found.check the installation." So i have switched to kde.Can any body suggest how to solve this.

If I log as user, there is no problem with both the wm. :confused: