FC2 to FC3 or FC4 upgrade

[Otto Haliburton]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-install-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:redhat-install-list-
> bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Mark Knecht
> Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 3:14 PM
> To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
> Subject: FC2 to FC3 or FC4 upgrade
> 
> Hi,
>    I wonder what experience people here have with upgrading an FC2 box
> to newer FCx revisions. Is this something that can, in general, be
> safely accomplished using the FCx install CDs? What tricks do I need
> to know about to do an upgrade? Frankly I've never done one but rather
> have always done complete installs from scratch. I'm tired of doing
> that and just want a clean, simple, plug in the disk and one hour
> later it works like it always has but it's a new release.
> 
> Thanks,
> Mark
Just did a fc3 to fc4 no problem.  Just download the cd's and boot and tell
it to upgrade and after some time it finishes and you boot and you're done,
do a update when you reboot and you should be done.  Can't tell you that you
won't have problems, because you may have done some special things and I
don't know that you won't have to redo them, but I didn't so I don't think
you will.  It is very straight forward.  There is the old saying though if
it ain't broke don't fix it unless you enjoy the crisis of breaking it
again.