On Wed, 2008-03-19 at 10:22 -0400, Neil Cherry wrote: > Antonio M wrote: > > 2008/3/19, Neil Cherry <ncherry@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > >> I have a server that's running FC6 and I'd like to run the latest > >> and greatest. I have quite a complex system as it's my home's > >> central server (home automation, DNS, printing, etc.). I'm under > >> the assumption that I'll need to upgrade it to Fedora 7 (I have > >> the iso) and then Fedora 8 (I have the iso). Are there any > >> warnings, other than backing up everything? > >> > >> In case you're wondering I'm preparing the system for IPV6 as I > >> need to learn IPV6 for work and having it is the best way to > >> learn it. > > > I am not sure that the original DVD of F8 will allow upgrade of an > > existing system (Please check if there is a bug), I remember that > > system froze during upgrading and I installed F8 from scratch. > > > > Please check.... > > Thanks, that's why I posted here first. :-) I'll check that > out as it would be a real pain to have to reinstall. I have > a lot of custom things such as my MTA setup. I'm also using > djb's dns software and I'd hate to have to rebuild everything > at this moment though I may move to dnsmasq in the future. You can certainly upgrade from F7 to F8 using the DVD (I've done it). However it's a toss-up whether going F6->F7->F8 is going to be troublefree. See the warnings and implicit "we don't guarantee this will work" parts of the Fedora Release Notes. You're probably safer backing up your config data and reinstalling. poc
