Fedora Updates

[Dave Ward]

In message <4138.12.29.16.103.1071157505.squirrel at 12.29.16.103>
          "William Hooper" <whooperhsd3 at earthlink.net> wrote:

> 
> Krikket  said:
> 
> > When it comes to updates for Fedora, how do you go about doing it?  I see
> > you just use the up2date tool, but with the RH releases, you've been
> > limited to one demo account...  Is there this kind of limitation on
> > Fedora, and the number of systems you're running?
> 
> Fedora's version of up2date doesn't use RHN, so there are no accounts.  By
> default it pulls packages from Fedora's YUM repository (basically a web
> server with some extra info).  You can also pick a faster mirror or add
> additional package sources via the /etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources file.
> 

Will I be able to effectively upgrade from FC1 to FC2 without using the 
upgrade from the ISO's using just use the up2date facility? 

I'm currently trying out FC1 under VMWare prior to using it as by base 
system which is currently RHL9. I just find that after 3-6 months of 
continued use/modifying I have forgotten which things I've modified so I 
only upgrade parts of the system at a time, more like evolution rather 
then revolution. Also I've found the upgrade path available via the RHL 
ISO to be problematic in the past. This is why I looked at debian when
RH announce there intention recently to scrap RHL.

Dave

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Dave Ward
Software Engineer