Upgrade from FC6 to FC11

Alan Cox alan at lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk
Thu Jul 9 23:54:31 UTC 2009


On Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:30:05 +0200
Roberto Ragusa <mail at robertoragusa.it> wrote:

> Kevin Kofler wrote:
> > 
> > Well, you could try upgrading it step by step, like FC6->F8->F10 and then to 
> > F12 when it comes out. Skipping more than one release at a time isn't really 
> > tested or supported, so it can cause problems. But keeping the ancient 
> > release forever isn't a solution either.
> 
> Are you saying that skipping one release is supported? (that is, is it supposed
> to work?)
> 
> Because I have a couple of FC5 servers, and I could upgrade through
> the odd releases 5->7->9->11.

You could. I've got boxes I manage that have been through this from RH9
to FC10.

Alan




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