upgraded FC3 to FC4 and then FC4 to FC5
H.S.
hs.samix at gmail.com
Thu Aug 17 04:44:10 UTC 2006
Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-16-08 at 19:24 -0400, H.S. wrote:
>
>>I just did two upgradation mostly successfully and figured I should list
>>my experiences here.
>
>
> Do you see any oddities with your desktop? I once did a yum upgrade
> from one version of FC to another (can't remember which versions), and
> Gnome had a nervous twitch until I reinstalled fresh.
>
> I would like to do an upgrade from FC4 to FC5, but I'm hesitant because
> of my past experience with it. Doing a full install will take time, and
> I just don't have much of that these days.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ranbir
>
Hi Kanwar,
Everything seemed as it was before. I used the upgraded FC5 for a day
and did not notice any difference ata ll. But the next day I removed all
older gnome and kde config files and started a new. This was not due to
any problem, note it. It was just a cleanup I did ... for no urgent reason.
Note that I wasn't using any dag or livna repositories, not sure if this
matters, just wanted to clarify that.
I would say if you have a recent kernel and removed all older ones and
did rpm --rebuilddb and have enough disk space and have a reasonably
fast internet connection, you should be all okay for the upgrade via yum.
I must admit I was surprised by yum's performance. It still doesn't
compare with apt, but it is a huge improvement over rpm or yum of FC2
FC3 days.
->HS
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