Systematic Upgrade from Fedora 1 -> 4

=Jorge Boscan Etura= joretur at gmail.com
Sun Jun 19 00:10:46 UTC 2005


well i did in fact

rh8->rh9-->fc2->fc4

a rocky road but fun..

2005/6/18, Claude Jones <claude_jones at levitjames.com>:
> Ben Steeves wrote:
> 
> >On 6/18/05, Tyler Nally <tnally at technally.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>How do I systematically upgrade it to Fedora 4?
> >>I'm assuming I have to upgrade to 2, then 3, then 4 before
> >>I'm done.... is this correct?
> >>
> >>
> >
> >I would highly recommend against trying to do that upgrade.  It's
> >probably not worth the pain.
> >
> >The best thing to do would be to back up your /home directory (and
> >other things you might have changed like /var/www and /var/lib/mysql),
> >and directories that contain configuration information (like /etc) --
> >you won't want to restore these but they can be helpful to refer back
> >to in order to get your new system working like the old one.
> >
> >When you do re-install, put your /home filesytem on a separate
> >partition; it will make upgrading/re-installing far less painful in
> >the future!
> >
> >
> >
> I've heard this advice repeatedly, but haven't given it much thought.
> Now, I'm curious. In installing, I've never noticed an option to install
> particular folders on particular partitions. Is this something I've
> simply missed, or is there a procedure for doing this? A howto would be
> welcome - I'm willing to learn on my own.
> 
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> Claude Jones
> Bluemont, VA, USA
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