I tried upgrading from RH9 to FC3, but during the upgrade the kernel panicked causing me to loose RH9 as well as the bootloader. Had to do a fresh install in the end. SO will advice you to backup your data and do a fresh install. --- Robin Laing <Robin.Laing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Jiann-Ming Su wrote: > > On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 13:13:17 -0700, Robin Laing > > <Robin.Laing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >>I wonder if it would work across such a wide range > of changes? > >> > > > > > > Give it a shot... apt-get dist-upgrade works > pretty well. > > > > > >>Does Debian do SELinux?home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> > > > > > > Yes, but in my experience, Fedora has done a > better job of integrating > > it into its distribution. Though, the HOWTO was > written by a debian > > user ( > > > https://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=20372&group_id=21266 > > and > https://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=21959&group_id=21266). > > Keep in mind not all filesystems support SELinux. > Ext3, and possibly > > XFS, is your best bet for SE right now. > > My question was to point out that using yum or apt > would still leave > problems on an upgrade. Phil Schaffner gave the > best response that > there will be issues with any upgrade. With all the > changes, an > upgrade may not be the best path and could take the > most time. > > I would love the upgrade path to be easy and > painless from one version > to another but it isn't and I have run into it from > RH8 to FC1 as well > as others around work in FC1 to FC3. It took me > almost a year to get > some of the little headaches cleared up on my > machine after an upgrade. > > -- > Robin Laing > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Make Yahoo! your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
