Re: Upgrading From 7.2 to 9.0

Keith Mastin wrote:
>>Since I can't burn CD's or afford to buy the boxed set, I had an idea on
>> how I could upgrade. I could download the RPM's from RedHat (or a
>>mirror) and upgrade using RedCarpet[0]. My question to you guys is, will
>> this work? If not, what other options do I have? And is this even the
>>right list to ask on?
> 
> 
> I don't think this will work. Redcarpet is not generally for full version
> upgrades as much as it is for general updates, vis-a-vis up2date.

Fudge. I figured as much. :(

> 
> If you have a spare hard drive kicking around, download the iso's to there
> and unwrap the iso images to the installation files etc.
> 

I do, but I've already downloaded about (or over) half the RPM's 
already! Gah. I've never had any luck with trying to do an install via 
ISO from the harddrive.

Why doesn't RedHat have a distro-upgrade like Debian? That's probably 
the best newbie friendly feature a distro could have imo.

*sighs and ponders what to do next*