On Mon, 2012-08-06 at 09:24 -0400, Mark Haney wrote:
> Since I'm stick in F17 limbo due to the stupid 'dirty filesystem' bug in
> the normal upgrade process, it looks like I'm going to have to do an
> upgrade via yum.
>
> Who's done it and what were your experiences? I am planning to do mine
> on an Samsung netbook that's not quite a year old. It's got plenty of
> RAM and drive space and it runs F16 really well.
>
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> Mark Haney
> Software Developer/Consultant
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> Linux marius.homelinux 3.4.6-1.fc16.x86_64 GNU/Linux
It works. I updated four systems. Two Dell laptops (different models),
a Lenovo ThinkPad and an eMachines desktop. I followed the process
documented on the Fedora Project page:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading_Fedora_using_yum
There's a specific section on F16 to F17. Note for example the dracut
stuff.
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