> > When 0.6.2 was released, I > > tried to upgrade remotely by untarring the .img.gz to > > /oldroot/cdrom/os. As I remember, along with the 0.6.2 files, this > > replaced astflag and initrd.img. After a reboot, I lost > touch with the > > box. > > AH HA! The .img.gz is the wrong file. You want the tar.gz > file contents to go in /oldroot/cdrom/os. If you're doing > that manually, you'll also want to create a 'ver' file that > contains astlinux-0.6.X. > > The .img.gz file is an image file that is only used for the > initial installation. It must be dd'd to the hard drive.
I'm sorry to rain on your "AH HA!", but that was lunacy on my part: I meant to type .tar.gz. That's the file I downloaded. Any other ideas? T ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [email protected].
