Am 24.01.2013 13:00, schrieb Frank Murphy: > On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 21:10:24 -0500 > Temlakos <temlakos@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I'm trying to sort out the rumors I've heard. Among other things: >> that using a Live Spin CD on an existing Fedora system is not safe, >> and will destroy all data. > > Live CD\DVD are not designed for upgrading. > Good for testing h\w, rescue, min *DE install > >> What is the safest way to upgrade an existing system from F17->F18? >> > > yum update --releasever=18 from a (level 3 boot) > Have done it since F13 > F14 > F15 > F16 > F17 > F18 PLEASE BE CAREFUL "yum update --releasever=18" is NOT enough for a clean dist-upgrade so do not post it this way because you lead people follow you you have SURELY not upgraded to F17 this way because UsrMove http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading_Fedora_using_yum and there you have for each jump exact instructions _________________________ "yum update" is NEVER a sane dist-upgrade you need at least "distro-sync" because if you are doing it without at the wrong moment and have a newer version of a critical package on your system as the version you are upgrading too "distro-sync" will downgrade it while "yum --update" in the best case will not reslove deps and in the worst case leaves a incompatible version on your system and depending what package it is you can have much fun after that _________________________ also you have to follow ALL instructions from the wiki or you are running in danger that yum/rpm or whatever critical component will no longer work
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