On Sun, 2006-02-26 at 13:44 -0800, BRUCE STANLEY wrote: > > > 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. > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >_______________________________________________ > >CentOS mailing list > >CentOS at centos.org > >http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > > >> 'yum -y update' will update your system to 4.2. No need to > >>upgrade/install. > > > > > > Ever tried that over a 56k dial up? That's why I would > rather > ( if possible ) use the 4.2 ISO disc. ---- 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