FC3 upgrade without booting off cd

[Tim Wunder]

On 11/11/2004 5:21 AM, I believe that James McDonald wrote:
> Hey would it be possible to do something like
> 
> new_rpms=`ls -1 fc3/RPMS/`
> 
> old_rpms=`rpm -qa`
> 
> for i in $new_rpms
> do
>    new_rpm=`echo $i | cut -f1 -d-`
> 
>    for j in $old_rpms
>    do
>       old_rpm=`echo $j | cut -f1 -d-`
>        if $new_rpm=$old_rpm
>        then
>            rpm -Uvh $i
>        fi
>    done
> 
> done
> 
> 
> and upgrade everything to FC3 without doing any reboot?
> 

It'd be tough to get the new kernel running without rebooting.
Just reboot to the CD and let the installer handle the upgrade.