Ric Moore wrote: >> >> I'm probably going to go this route. I just need some time. My >> >> weekends have been busy this summer, but the last two in August are so >> >> far empty. I'm keeping my fingers crossed! >> > >> > I tried the yum upgrade... never will I do that again. >> >> Why? > > That machine is still sitting the the corner as it has data that I need > from it. I did the yum upgrade route, something must have changed or > gotten changed regards to UDEV, so the machine stalls for about 5 > minutes during re-boot with a UDEV error, until UDEV figures it can just > go on to boot, and then the machine runs just fine. It's maddening. No > fix for it in almost a 7 months. > > I'll go with a clean install every time now. You have no clue going in > just what has changed significantly from one release to the next and > there is no way humanly possible to script an upgrade script to cover > all possible contingency's... so the odds are something either will > break or not become upgraded that would be useful. You stand the slight > risk of losing it all. So, I'd get the data off somewhere safe, make a > pile of notes about the present installation, save it somewhere, then do > a fresh install. Then Fedora will spin in greased grooves. Ric I don't think anyone would try yum upgrade unless they had to. You can choose the upgrade option with the CDs, and it will take less than a tenth of the time. As to upgrade vs clean installation, what exactly do you mean by "the data"? I certainly find CD upgrade takes less time than clean install, if one takes account of all the files one has to change. Actually, with disk space so cheap nowadays, I usually run old and new installations for a time. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
