Moving from RHL 9 to Fedora Core 1

[Paul Rushing]

> Hi.  I'm preparing to migrate from Red Hat 9 to Fedora Core 1.  I have
> only standard Linux partitions / /boot and swap (no dual boot).  I'd
> like to upgrade rather than do a new install as I have a lot of software
> that I don't want to reinstall -- Java 1.4, turboprint driver,
> codeweavers, files on my home directory, etc.  I've read about the GNOME
> issue in the release notes but I'm unsure about what to do with non core
> RHL 9 rpms that I have installed.   Like xmms and xine for example.
> I've read about problems mixing repositories.  Should I identify and
> remove all these non core rpms before I install Fedora 1?  Or can I
> upgrade from freshrpms with more current Fedora rpms after I install?
> Or is there another maybe easier way to do this?  This is my first Linux
> migration as I started with RHL 9 so any help would be appreciated.

I've only upgraded 1 redhat9 install to fc1.  It went fairly well, except
I never was able to get the graphical init boot stuff working.

my pointer is for identifying non-standard rpms you have installed.
Install yum and only point to Redhat 9 base and upgrades servers in your
yum.conf file.   Then use the command 'yum list extras' yum will list the
rpms installed on your system that don't exist in the repositories.