"Upgrade existing system"

[Matthew Miller]

On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 10:49:35AM -0800, Mark wrote:
> Can somebody tell me what exactly will happen when I "upgrade an existing
> system" to a new release?
> In this particular case, it would be FC3 to FC5 or FC6.
> Will it just upgrade to newer versions of currently installed RPMs, or
> will there be more complex changes?

Mostly just newer versions of packages, however, complex changes *can*
happen. For example, anaconda will migrate lvm1 to lvm2.

> How big is the risk of something going wrong during the upgrade and my
> system being (partially) broken - assuming that I have a pretty "standard"
> server installation (text-mode only, no X11)?

Not too risky.

> Also, can I do a direct upgrade 3->5 or 6 or should I do 3->4->5->6?

Every step will add cruft; I think you might as well go all the way.


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