[CentOS] Upgrade of Centos 4.1 with 4.2 ISO disc

Sun Feb 26 22:12:20 UTC 2006
Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com>

On Sun, 2006-02-26 at 13:44 -0800, BRUCE STANLEY wrote:
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> Bards1888 <bards1888 at gmail.com> wrote:
>         BRUCE STANLEY wrote:
>         
>         > Can I upgrade my Centos 4.1 system with the 4.2 ISO install
>         disc?
>         >
>         > If so, how do I do it? It seams to want to do a full (i.e.
>         format,
>         > wipe out old)
>         > install over everything. I do not want to lose my various
>         configurations
>         > (e.g. kppp, kde desktop settings, etc) that I have already
>         set up under
>         > 4.1. 
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>         >> 'yum -y update' will update your system to 4.2. No need to
>         >>upgrade/install.
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>         Ever tried that over a 56k dial up?  That's why I would
>         rather 
>         ( if possible ) use the 4.2 ISO disc.
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time to get rid of dial-up   ;-)

you still wouldn't have all the latest updates if you used 4.2 ISO...

you would actually consume a lot more bandwidth (longer time to
download) getting the ISO than just the necessary updates.

Craig