FC4->FC5 upgrade options
Douglas Phillipson
phillipd at oem.doe.gov
Mon Mar 13 22:19:16 UTC 2006
Jack Howarth wrote:
> What exactly are going to be the final upgrade options for
> moving a FC4 machine to FC5? I take it from previous messages
> here that upgrading via yum will not be recommended. Will a
> standard upgrade install over an existing FC4 installation work?
> I assume the promised ability to do an archive and install ala
> MacOS X hasn't made it into FC5. Is that correct? Linux is never
> going to make significant headway on the desktop until we get
> rid of the need to wipe and reinstall every time a system release
> occurs.
> Jack
>
I upgraded from FC3 to FC4 both by yum and CD (upgrade) on several
machines. Both went smooth. Here is the link I used to upgrade with yum:
http://www.brandonhutchinson.com/Upgrading_Red_Hat_Linux_with_yum.html
Doug P
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