F9 ---> F11 server update with preupgrade?

[Aldo Foot]

On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 5:38 PM, Aldo Foot<lunixer at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 4:11 PM, Peter Diercks<di at jls-hh.de> wrote:
>> Hello List!
>>
>> I am running Fedora 9 on a remote dedicated server leased from a service
>> provider. Access is through SSH. It is a LAMP server with moodle (an
>> educational cms) as the only application. I want to upgrade to Fedora
>> 11, and I need some advice as to which method to choose. Should I
>>
>> - use preupgrade-cli for a direct upgrade F9 to F11?
>> - use preupgrade-cli for upgrading to F10 first, and then to F11?
>> - avoid upgrading with preupgrade-cli at all, and do a fresh F11 install
>> instead?
>>
>> I prefer one of the first two methods over the latter one, but I
>> remember reading many complaints about preupgrade.
> _____
>
> An interesting note... the documentation says the preupgrade path F9->F11 is
> not possible, but this bugzilla entry[1] says otherwise. Having said that, I'd
> try a direct upgrade F9->F11.
>
> [1]https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=506750
>
> ~af

I'll correct myself here. The bug seems to talk about a standard upgrade,
perhaps using DVD media. It does not mention preupgrade.

~af