Redhat FTP Installation on an existing Redhat System

Redhat FTP Installation on an existing Redhat System

[Scott Mraz]

I would like to upgrade my Redhat 7.1 server to Redhat 7.2, however the box has no floppy or cdrom. So I would like do install via ftp or NFS. I however do not want to install every single package manually. How can I automate the process? Is there an install script that will install all the binaries via ftp and then I can simply reboot and my machine is now upgraded to 7.2? I know about kickstart however, can kickstart be utilized while running on an existing installation or must I use a boot disk (in which case kickstart wouldn't work as I have not floppy or cdrom to boot from). Additionally, I would rather not have to put the files on a HD and run from there, a simply upgrade over network would be favorable. 
 
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
 
-Scott 
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Re: Redhat FTP Installation on an existing Redhat System

[Joakim Ryden]

On Thursday 02 October 2003 04:25 pm, Scott Mraz wrote:
> I would like to upgrade my Redhat 7.1 server to Redhat 7.2, however the box
> has no floppy or cdrom. So I would like do install via ftp or NFS. I
> however do not want to install every single package manually. How can I
> automate the process? Is there an install script that will install all the
> binaries via ftp and then I can simply reboot and my machine is now
> upgraded to 7.2? I know about kickstart however, can kickstart be utilized
> while running on an existing installation or must I use a boot disk (in
> which case kickstart wouldn't work as I have not floppy or cdrom to boot
> from). Additionally, I would rather not have to put the files on a HD and
> run from there, a simply upgrade over network would be favorable. 
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Install apt (http://apt.freshrpms.net/) and 'apt-get dist-upgrade'.

--Jo

Re: Redhat FTP Installation on an existing Redhat System

[Ashish V. Orpe]

On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 05:08, Joakim Ryden wrote:
> On Thursday 02 October 2003 04:25 pm, Scott Mraz wrote:
> > I would like to upgrade my Redhat 7.1 server to Redhat 7.2, however the box
> > has no floppy or cdrom. So I would like do install via ftp or NFS. I

> 
> Install apt (http://apt.freshrpms.net/) and 'apt-get dist-upgrade'.
> 
> --Jo


You can also use "synaptic" which is a GUI for "apt"

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Re: Redhat FTP Installation on an existing Redhat System

[Luciano Miguel Ferreira Rocha]

On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 04:25:51PM -0700, Scott Mraz wrote:
> 
> I would like to upgrade my Redhat 7.1 server to Redhat 7.2, however the box has no floppy or cdrom. So I would like do install via ftp or NFS. I however do not want to install every single package manually. How can I automate the process? Is there an install script that will install all the binaries via ftp and then I can simply reboot and my machine is now upgraded to 7.2? I know about kickstart however, can kickstart be utilized while running on an existing installation or must I use a boot disk (in which case kickstart wouldn't work as I have not floppy or cdrom to boot from). Additionally, I would rather not have to put the files on a HD and run from there, a simply upgrade over network would be favorable. 
>  
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

RedHat supports installation via ftp and nfs (and hdd) besides via cd-rom.

As you don't have a floppy you can't use the installation images directly,
but you can extract the kernel, initrd and boot options from the image
(mount -o loop), install them in your /boot (or some other place) and
add the boot directives to lilo or grub.

Then, after a reboot, select that image at the boot loader prompt.

Regards,
Luciano Rocha
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