A few missing items on your FAQ about using Yum to jump from FC6 to FC8

[Rahul Sundaram]

Matt Hillier wrote:
> You may have mentioned these someplace in the FAQ for using Yum to 
> upgrade from FC6 to FC8, but I haven't found them after a few times 
> through your WIKI.  I had to do the following in addition to the 
> instructions posted on the site:
> 
> Things to do before you Yum upgrade from FC6 to FC8:
> 1.  Turn off  'yum-updatesd'  .
> 2.  Disable selinux by setting /etc/selinux/config  to 'disabled' and 
> then reboot system.
> 3.  Locate a FC7 install disk for the next step after you upgrade.
> 
> Things to do after you Yum upgrade from FC6 to FC8:
> 1.  Boot the system using the FC7 install disk and select the 'rescue' 
> option.
> 2.  Chroot /mnt/sysimage  and fix the /boot/grub/device.map file for the 
> device name change (ie. hda -> sda).
> 3.  Make sure your disk labels are valid in /etc/fstab using 'e2label' 
> on each /dev/sdX device and correct as required in the fstab by setting 
> an absolute path ( ie. for swap ) or changing the disk label.
> 4.  Make the new initrd file for your new kernel using the newly 
> corrected path/device information with 'mkinitrd  
> /boot/initrd-<kernelver>.img  <kernelver>'
> 5.  Exit from the 'chroot''d environment and the rescue live session, 
> while ejecting the CD/DVD FC7 image from the optical drive.
> 6.  Boot your upgraded system.
> 
> Thanks for your time and the work on the WIKI!  Please disregard this 
> message if I've missed the part about performing these other steps.
> 

You can very easily create a Fedora account to get edit access for the 
wiki. Refer http://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts.

Also note that Fedora 8 will not get updates after January 7 as has been 
recently announced. We recommend that you upgrade to a currently 
maintained release such as Fedora 9 or Fedora 10.

Rahul