How do, On Sun, 2006-03-12 at 13:26 -0800, alan wrote: > On Sun, 12 Mar 2006, taharka wrote: > > > Howdy, > > > > On Fri, 2006-03-10 at 09:54 -0500, Beartooth NQC wrote: > >> On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 13:28:55 +0100, Boris Glawe wrote: > >> > >>> Colin Brace wrote: > >>>> [...] what I would really like to > >>>> know is whether it is possible and advisable to do the upgrade next > >>>> week with yum. [...] > >> > >>> I'd not recommend it. > >>> > >>> Fedora Core 5 has many basic changes. For example the X Server > >>> installation is in /usr/bin now, and does not reside in /usr/X11R6/bin > >>> anymore. > >>> > >>> Such "little" details might confuse your additional non-core packages. > >> > >> For those of us too clueless to download ISOs and burn them to CDs or > >> DVDs, is there any preferred place to get those? I've had rather > >> variegated experience buying Fedora media online ... > > > > Have you checked at your local University (VTech) there in Blacksburg? > > Their computer science dept. has a Unix course > > http://courses.cs.vt.edu/~cs2204/ Maybe they'll burn the FC5 CDs/DVDs > > for you :-) > > User groups are your friend. There is usually at least one person (or > more) who will make you copies of whatever distro you want. They can also > teach you what it takes to download and burn your own. (It is not hard at > all. With tools like K3B, it is easier than the equivelent tools on > Windows.) Not all user groups are your friend & not every area has a user group :-(( BTW, I wasn't looking for the Fedora media, merely giving a suggestion. Did you mean to reply to Beartooth's post? > -- > "George W. Bush -- Bringing back the Sixties one Nixon at a time." taharka Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A.
