Updating in FC5

[Kam Leo]

On 5/4/06, CroombeFP <croombefp at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Did you update to FC5 from FC4 (or earlier)? If so, I found problems
> going this route myself and solved them by doing a straight install of
> FC5 rather than an update : now everything works OK (incidentally, don't
> forget to let the install format the / partition).
> I have also found it VERY profitable to keep one's /home on a separae HD
> and then, even if one has to do a new install, all one's settings for
> desktop and so on are retained.
> CroombeFP
>

Thank you. It would have been nice if this was news. Unfortunately you
are just repeating advice given since the early Red Hat distros.