On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 10:46:55PM -0400, Claude Jones wrote: > On Tue September 6 2005 9:04 am, Wong Kwok-hon wrote: > > Hello! > > > > I saw there is two articles about upgrade the Fedora Core 3 to 4. > > > > Would is has any clear steps to follows because I already have lots of > > file in FC3. > > > > Well, Wong, no one has responded so I'll make a couple of suggestions. It's > generally a trouble-free upgrade. BUT, a number of people did have problems > during the last round. I've upgraded several machines and with one > installation, things got so strange, I just gave up and did a fresh install. > I can't provide details now, because that was some time ago, but at the time, > there were a number of people reporting problems. Since the box in question > was in the category of a test machine, and didn't have any critical files on > it, I just backed up my home directory and /etc and wiped it clean. Two other > machines upgraded without issue. So, if your system is critical, I would > suggest you either make an image of the drive, or back up all critical data - > I prefer making a drive image personally, because I can just restore exactly > where I was before the upgrade - your call. > > Insert the FC4 disk, reboot, and it will offer you the option of upgrading. > That's all there is to it - it generally just works. Keep one thing in mind, > any new non FC3 capabilities included in FC4 will not be installed with an > upgrade - the upgrade detects your system configuration, and updates it - > that's it. You'll then have to research the new capabilities in FC4 and > decide which ones you want, and install them yourself. > > You might want to take a look at the list archives around the time that FC4 > was released and read up on some of the issues people had, and see if > anything there looks like it might pertain to your configuration. > -- I did this recently. The only real problem I had (and this is probably hardware related) was the machine would not boot if connected to the internet. This problem went away after the first yum update. -- This fortune is false.
