-----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kahn Seidl Sent: Friday, 11 November, 2005 05:37 To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: To upgrade, or not to upgrade? Fc3 to FC4 Well, I have been using fc3 since its final debut, and I love it. But, now that IBM has released the Cell SDK for FC4... I have to consider it. I know I can use yum to update, but, how does that compare to a fresh install? I know with windows, doing an upgrade is, well... pretty crappy. But, i am unfamiliar with how linux works to this respect. And... I had problems with gcc 4... is this something I can fix in the code? I had problems compiling things on fc4 when they worked fine on fc3 the last time I tried it on a seperate partition. Thanks, Martin I've been using fedora since the first release and always wondered about: would I upgrade or do a fresh install. >From FC1 to FC2 I upgraded and it unfortunately failed by a reason I still do not know, so I did a fresh install. >From FC2 to FC3 to FC4 I used and upgrade, always with a backup made before the upgrade to recover from a failed upgrade. Fortunately I never had to use the backup. I did need to repair some config files after the upgrade, but that was easy to do compared with fully configure a new server to your needs. Upgrade with a fresh backup is my recommendation. ( I never used yum to upgrade, just the cd's ) Cheers, Edwin
