Non-boot install of YDL 3.0 from running 2.3?

[Rick Thomas]

Bob,

The reason you have not gotten an answer before is because the 
answer is "No".

Sorry,

Rick

On Wednesday, October 8, 2003, at 07:56 PM, Dr. Robert M. Fuhrer wrote:

> [Trying once more, since I got no response to my earlier messages.]
>
> Is there a way to do a clean install of 3.0 on fresh partitions
> from within a running 2.3 *without booting into the installer*?
>
> I mounted the install ramdisk.image and poked around a bit,
> trying things roughly like:
>
>   $ mount -t ext2 -o ro,loop ramdisk.image /mnt/ramdisk0
>   $ (chroot /mnt/ramdisk0; /sbin/init)
>
> and variations, to no avail.
>
> Asked another way, isn't the 3.0 installer compatible with a
> 2.4.18 or other stock kernel?
>
> I've tried several variations on booting into the installer, and
> all of them give me either a kernel oops or an X server crash
> (if I use the graphical installer), or refuse to recognize the CD.
>
> Presumably the installer is a (slightly unusual) Linux app, so
> in theory I should be able to just run it if I have a compatible
> kernel and the environment set up right...
>
> Cheers,
>   -- Bob
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