FC2 -> FC4

[Horst H. von Brand]

Michael Weiner <hunter at userfriendly.net> wrote:
> On 10/28/06 10:39 AM, "Rahul Sundaram" <sundaram at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> > Michael Weiner wrote:
> >> I am sure this question has been asked a few times, and after googling i
> >> see steps from 2->3 but i am interested in knowing if anyone has
> >> upgraded FC2 boxes directly to FC4 (without the interim FC3 step)? If
> >> you have, what were your experiences and what did you have to struggle
> >> with in order to make this work?
> >> 
> >> Thanks in advance, and i apologize for raising an older topic. Normally
> >> i go release to next release but i have the need to skip 3.
> >> 
> >> Michael Weiner
> > 
> > This is offlist for a development list. Two things though
> > 
> > * There is no updates currently provided for Fedora Core 4. You should
> > move up higher to Fedora Core 5 or Fedora Core 6.
> > 
> > * It would be better to backup and do a fresh installation for a major
> > jump like this but if you insist on a yum upgrade, refer to
> > 
> > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/YumUpgradeFaq
> 
> Yes, you are right, quite OT, sorry. And thank you for the link i will check
> it out. Issue is that i really cant do a fresh install as i would like.

Better get the CDs (or the DVD) for the latest, and upgrade via booting
from there.
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