On Mon, 2008-09-15 at 19:25 +0000, Beartooth wrote: > I've come into possession of an otherwise nice machine (so I'm > told; I don't speak hardware) that still has Fedora Core 5 installed. I > want to upgrade it to F8 now, and F10 once that's released. > > Is there a best way to go about it, short of a fresh install of > F8? It has a lot of data, as well as a lot of configuration, that I'd > hate to lose. > > Any gotchas to watch out for? > > If, say, I upgrade first to F7 (because I know where my DVD for > that is), and then to F8 -- do I want to update F7 as best I can in > between? Or just go straight to F8? > > - I would do a fresh install od F8 or even better F9 after you: 1, backup ups all datte to a CD, a DVD or a spare disk. 2. Also back up /etc for configuration information. Then copy the data from the backup to the fresh install. -- ======================================================================= memo, n.: An interoffice communication too often written more for the benefit of the person who sends it than the person who receives it. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
