Help! fc2->fc5

[Avi Kivity]

Lamont R. Peterson wrote:
> The key thing is you can go FC2 -> FC4 or newer.  Only from 1 version to the 
> next.  So, you have to update FC2 -> FC3, then FC3 -> FC4, then (finally) FC4 
> -> FC5.
>
> Those "20" (or so) issues that I mentioned ... that's just what goes on from 
> FC4 -> FC5.  I don't know how many such oddities are handled by upgrades  to 
> FC3 and FC4, but there are some things.
>
> Fedora releases are only tested for upgrading from one release to the next, 
> never from older releases.
>
>   

My machine went the FC2 -> rawhide -> FC4 -> FC5 path through yum. There 
were no special problems (well, I lost networking in FC5, but that was 
not related to yum vs anaconda).

You will have to edit some configuration files though, and likely 
disable selinux.


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