Upgrading to FC5
Timothy Murphy
tim at birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie
Fri Apr 28 10:38:22 UTC 2006
Jim Lowman wrote:
> Is it always recommended to do a clean install,
> or would choosing the upgrade option on
> installation suffice?
I prefer to upgrade
for the simple reason that if it does not work
I can then try a clean installation.
> Between versions I use yum upgrade to stay current.
> Do I really need to download and install the newer
> version of FC?
I do think it's worth going to the trouble
of getting the latest FC,
since sooner of later you will have to do that,
and there may be problems skipping a distribution,
eg FC-4 to FC-6.
One thing I strongly recommend, having got into a mess myself
with an FC-5 installation that did not work,
is to have a separate /boot partition
which is left (ie not re-formatted) between installations.
--
Timothy Murphy
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