Thanks James, Li --- James Wilkinson <fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > chen li wrote: > > I check the Internet and find some suggestions > about > > upgrading such as FC1 to FC2, FC2 to FC3, FC3 to > FC4. > > But none of them talk > > how to upgrade directly from FC1 to FC3 or FC4. Is > > there a means to upgrade to FC4 from FC1? > > Yes, two. > > You should be able to just put the FC4 install CD or > DVD in the > appropriate drive and reboot. It should detect that > there is an existing > FC1 installation and offer to upgrade it. > > Be warned that this hasn't been tested very much. > It's also likely that > you will end up with older programs that might no > longer be part of > Fedora Core, with older programs that are no longer > installed by > default, and without new programs that would be > installed if you > installed Fedora from scratch. > > The alternative method (and one which many people > will recommend) is to > reformat your partitions, install Fedora Core 4 from > scratch, and > restore user data and configuration data from one of > the backups you > made before you updated your system. > > Because, *of* *course*, you'd have decent, tested > backups before you did > anything to your system like upgrading it, wouldn't > you? > > James. > > -- > E-mail address: james | "Today Has Been Two Of Those > Days." > @westexe.demon.co.uk | -- Mike Andrews > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
