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    Fedora.

    Hi. Is it possible to change from ubuntu 10.04LTS to the latest distrubution of fedora without having to burn the iso image?

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    Re: Fedora.

    Short answer, No

    Long answer, Yes. But it's complicated and a lot of unnecessary work when you can use a CD or USB and be installed in minutes.
    It would be a clean installation anyway so there is no benefit in doing what you're asking.
    Last edited by Cheesemill; May 31st, 2012 at 09:47 PM.
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    Re: Fedora.

    Here's what I would call part one to the long answer cheesemill was alluding to:

    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1549847

    Part two would involve doing a regular clean install, as fedora and ubuntu are built differently. One uses the yum/rpm(fedora)packaging system, the other runs the apt/debian packaging system(ubuntu).

    You'd be better off just burning it like normal, as Cheesmill said, It can be very complicated.
    Last edited by deadflowr; May 31st, 2012 at 10:32 PM. Reason: spelling

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    Re: Fedora.

    Quote Originally Posted by deadflowr View Post
    Here's what I would call part one to the long answer cheesemill was alluding to:

    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1549847

    Part two would involve doing a regular clean install, as fedora and ubuntu are built differently. One uses the yum/rpm(fedora)packaging system, the other runs the apt/debian packaging system(ubuntu).

    You'd be better off just burning it like normal, as Cheesmill said, It can be very complicated.
    I'd call that part 2.

    First you need a separate partition on your drive to install Grub 2 and the ISO onto, otherwise you would be trying to install over the partition that contains the ISO you are booted from - Catch 22. As you cannot mess with the partitions on a running system you would have to do something like repurposing your swap partition to create a space for the temporary Grub 2 files and Fedora ISO.
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    Re: Fedora.

    Quote Originally Posted by Cheesemill View Post
    I'd call that part 2.

    First you need a separate partition on your drive to install Grub 2 and the ISO onto, otherwise you would be trying to install over the partition that contains the ISO you are booted from - Catch 22. As you cannot mess with the partitions on a running system you would have to do something like repurposing your swap partition to create a space for the temporary Grub 2 files and Fedora ISO.
    Exactly, it seems like too much of a hassle to load and install a system you might not even like.

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    Re: Fedora.

    Quote Originally Posted by dep0 View Post
    Hi. Is it possible to change from ubuntu 10.04LTS to the latest distrubution of fedora without having to burn the iso image?
    You can virtualize fedora in kvm, virtualbox, or qemu

    there will be a performance penalty
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