F9 to F10 without downloading an F10 iso image

[Fred Silsbee]

--- On Fri, 11/14/08, Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: F9 to F10 without downloading an F10 iso image
> To: fedora-list at redhat.com
> Date: Friday, November 14, 2008, 6:46 PM
> On Fri, 2008-11-14 at 10:11 -0800, Fred Silsbee wrote:
> > > "The whole thing" means the iso image
> (either a
> > > full DVD or a Live CD).
> > > You can't do a *fresh install* with anything
> else. Is
> > > this not clear?
> > > 
> > > poc
> > > 
> > 
> > is this right?
> > 
> > yum install preupgrade            now
> > 
> > then continue to do yum update
> > 
> > and I will end up with F10
> 
> No. Preupgrade is an application which you need to run
> after installing
> it. After doing that, do not run 'yum' again until
> you reboot.
> 
> See http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PreUpgrade
> 
> poc
> 

Just in from Cronenworth:

>
> is this right?
>
> yum install preupgrade            now
>
> then continue to do yum update
>
> and I will end up with F10
>
>

No.

You do not have to install preupgrade now. Only install it if you wish to run it yourself manually.

The Fedora team will put out regular yum updates that should get you to Fedora 10. Don't worry about anything if you want everything to happen automatically -- that's the point of automation.












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