FC6 -> FC7

[Jim Cornette]

Robin Laing wrote:
> Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>> stan wrote:
>>> On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 18:51:12 +0200
>>> Luc MAIGNAN <luc.maignan at winxpert.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> what files shall I modify to upgrade FC6 to F7 via yum without 
>>>> making new install ?
>>>>
>>>> BR
>>>>
>>> I think you are saying you want to update individual packages in order
>>> to migrate to F7.  I don't think you can upgrade by just changing the 
>>> repositories that
>>> yum looks at. 
>>
>> Yes, you can. Although not a very tested path you can install 
>> fedora-release and associated fedora release notes dependency package 
>> at the same time which points the repository to the new release and do 
>> a yum update.
>>
>> Rahul
>>
> 
> And don't forget to label your drives/partitions.
> 

Unless you have SATA disks which are /dev/sdx already. I lucked out with 
an upgrade via yum since my Dell had devices mounted vs. LABEL=.

Why my system did not recognize the DVD drive which it booted from is 
beyond my comprehension. It is just as well the installer did not work 
since there were many items which were not on the DVD like mc, k3b and 
other programs like screensavers.

You may have a lot of conflicts with a non-networked local repository 
yum upgrade. It is workable since the computer was upgraded through at 
least three Fedora versions. (Mainy via yum.)

Have at it, but don't forget to check device references in fstab and in 
grub.conf.

If you have a drive which is effected by the hard drive protected area, 
add the information in the highly discussed bug report to modprobe.conf 
before allowing the kernel to become installed. On another installation, 
I did not add the information to modprobe.conf before the upgrade and 
ended up with a kernel panic. If adding the information to modprobe.conf 
before you upgrade works, let me know. Personal email or to the list is 
fine. I just unbugged the disk, installed F7 to it, switched my 
development version to F7 and then switched my fresh install over to 
development. The development verson was so well setup and the fresh 
install version was so lacking that it worked out for the best.

Jim