Re: F17 upgrade with yum

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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.
> 
> -- 
> 
> Mark Haney
> Software Developer/Consultant
> AB Emblem
> markh@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> 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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Founder, See How You Ski
Allman Professional Consulting, Inc., www.allmanpc.com
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