On Mon, Nov 08, 2004 at 05:05:02PM -0500, Drew, Bill wrote: > > I wanted to apologize for my dumb questions on upgrading to a newer Not a dumb question. > Fedora Core. After all of the positive things I have heard and seen for > Linux and the Fedora Core, I expected the upgrade to be much simpler. > If one has an older computer with Fedora Core 1 on it, it is next to > impossible to upgrade with burning CDs. I do not have a CD burner on > this machine that I am using to learn FC and Linux. Someone is sending > me CDs for FC2. I had thought with using a graphical interface such as > synaptic for apt I could get files that would install through synaptic > without going to using CD-ROMs. Great that you will have physical CDROMs. If you read this list long enough you will find that there are many ways to skin a cat. For some live updates are possible. Upgrades are like painting a floor. If you go about it the wrong way you could be stuck in a corner for way too long. -- T o m M i t c h e l l spam unwanted email. SPAM, good eats, and a trademark of Hormel Foods.
