[Fwd: RH9 --> Fedora]

[Henry Hartley]

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Noah Silva
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 10:58 AM
>> 
>> > As I am a new list member on this list, I apologize if this
>> > question has been asked.  How is the upgrade to Fedora been
>> > using RH9?  Was the upgrade pretty seamless or did it requite
>> > a full reformat and re-install?  As a long follower of RH
>> > since '95, this is a question I was trying to understand.
>> 
>> There is not an official Fedora release yet, but there should
>> be in a few days.  All indications are that an upgrade will be
>> possible.  There are a lot of political/logistical changes, but
>> as a home user, you can probably safely immagine "Fedora Core
>> 1" means "redhat 10".  The man difference is that it will be
>> easier to find more packages for, you don't have to sign up for
>> RHN, and you can't get a boxed version or Tech support from
>> redhat.

Has anyone written an "Upgrading RedHat to Fedora Core" document?
That would be useful for those not quite as comfortable with all 
the options available.

Addressing at least issues like the following:

- Will I want to download the ISOs and burn CDs to do an upgrade
  or will I be able to upgrade by using up2date/apt/yum?

- If I can use up2date/apt/yum, what changes do I need to make
  in what files in order to do that?

- If I have RedHat Linux version 7.x, 8, 9, etc. what are the
  things to look out for.

- Once I'm upgraded to FC1, how do I stay current with patches
  and updates?

That sort of thing.  I'd contribute it myself but I don't know
enough.

-- 
Henry