[NCLUG] Fedora Core Stuff

[David Braley]

Thanks John and Jeff! That is what I needed to know.

Take care all.

David

jeff wrote:
> David Braley wrote:
>> Hello Group,
>>
>> This is more of a question for the Fedora users on this list:
>>
>> How nicely does Fedora play when upgrading between major releases like
>> from 4 to 5, or from 5 to 6? Is a fresh install the best way to go? I am
>> assuming a "yum update, yum upgrade" keeps you at the same major release
>> number like 5.xx or 6.xx.
>
> `yum` will just bring in updates, it won't upgrade you to the next
> major release (e.g. 5 to 6). You could modify your /etc/yum.repos.d/*
> files to point at the next release, but this is very unsupported.
>
> Upgrading from 5 to 6, for example, via CD works fine. You don't need
> to do a fresh install. I've done boxes from RedHat 9 to each Fedora
> release up to FC5 without problems.
>
> -Jeff
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