> > Hi, > > Can somebody tell me what exactly will happen when I "upgrade > an existing system" to a new release? > In this particular case, it would be FC3 to FC5 or FC6. > Will it just upgrade to newer versions of currently installed > RPMs, or will there be more complex changes? > > How big is the risk of something going wrong during the > upgrade and my system being (partially) broken - assuming > that I have a > pretty "standard" server installation (text-mode only, no X11)? > > Also, can I do a direct upgrade 3->5 or 6 or should I do 3->4->5->6? > Over the holidays (in the U.S.) I upgraded one system FC4->FC6 and one FC3->FC6. Both worked cleanly. They even handled my references to the Livna repository nicely. They did take a long time though. A few of my Xinetd settings had to be redone and my ethernet connections reverted to DHCP from static IP, but nothing serious. After you get done, I would recommend running "yum upgrade" which seems to clean up a lot of stuff and then run: rpm -dq | grep -i fc4 to find any left over fc4 packages (use fc3 or fc5 as needed). I then removed these by hand with "rpm -e packagename" Bob Styma
