-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 seth vidal wrote: | On Wed, 2004-11-03 at 19:50 +0100, Truls Gulbrandsen wrote: | |> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 |> |> Hi, I am planning to upgrade my laptop (TP23) from fc2 to fc3. |> Since I don't have /home as seperate partition I was thinking of |> doing av yum upgrade rather than a clean install. What are the |> pros and cons for this procedure? Would an upgrade from a cd |> better or different? Would it work to repartition and copy the |> /home-files to a new /home partition? Also, I have a W3k dual |> boot configuration. |> |> That was a lot, I realise, but thanks in advance. |> | | To upgrade via yum the short version goes like this: | | 1. backup all your data 2. upgrade yum to yum from fc3 3. upgrade | fedora-release to fedora-release from fc3 4. make sure all your | repositories point where you think they should point. 5. run yum | list updates - just to make sure things seem sane and working 6. | make sure you are NOT in X and X is not loaded 6. from a terminal | prompt run: yum upgrade 7. wait wait wait 8. you must reboot before | using your system again 9. reboot the system and make sure you | select the new kernel, not the old one(s) 10. once your system is | fully booted you may want to install some additional items. | Recommended: yum groupupdate "GNOME Desktop Environment" | | | let me know what problems you encounter. | | -sv | | And, please, where do I find the fc3t3 repository. I will test this on a PC I have in spare. Truls -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFBiVP7ickK29LSyG8RAooMAKCltY+ybQ6miXLDY2KyLtmE1NjvZACePGOB I2RFJBlFCKmVSSchz1ZCTAo= =IEi+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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