On Wed, 2006-10-25 at 12:11 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Ric Moore wrote: > > > On Tue, 2006-10-24 at 17:03 +0000, Jim Douglas wrote: > >> Is it possible to upgrade via YUM to FC6 from FC5? > > > > Sure!! Piece of Cake! There's some likelyhood it might work too! Not a > > lot, but some. The upgrade? Sure it's possible. If stuff goes south, > > you'll have one heckuva mess to untangle. But, yes it is possible. <eg> > > This seems completely illogical to me. > If the yum upgrade does not work, one can always do a clean install, > which I assume is what you (Ric) recommend. > > On the other hand, if you start off by doing a clean install, > and it does not work, you are stuffed. True, but you have the CD's to fall back on... assuming you meant upgrade via the net. Sure, that will work to a point, but it's not for the faint-hearted at all. Just about everyone notes they have to make tweaks here and there in order to proceed with the upgrade. Me? I am waiting for the second bug fix release to do a fresh install. Playing my cards close to my chest this time! You betcha. Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net ================================================
