On 6/1/2009 3:12 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 01 June 2009, David wrote: >> On 6/1/2009 12:29 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: >>> On Monday 01 June 2009, Timothy Murphy wrote: >>>> David wrote: >>>>>> Is there a way I can try to upgrade now to what will be F11 or do I >>>>>> have to wait another week? >>>>> Use preupgrade. Works like a charm. >>>>> >>>>> How to use PreUpgrade >>>>> >>>>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PreUpgrade >>>>> >>>>> This will take a while. A long while. >>>> Assuming you have to check the "Display unstable test releases" >>>> and then choose Rawhide, >>>> why not say this? >>> And it should pointed out that if this is not checked, you have a blank >>> list, it is NOT possible to select from an uptodate F8 to F10. That >>> sucks. >>> >>> Whats the deal in forcing everybody into rawhide when there is a show >>> topper bug extant and holding up the F11 release? >>> >>> That smacks of a rather massive insult to those of us who just want to use >>> the machine. It better work or there will be YAKubuntuI before the day is >>> out. All I wanted to do was add fmit to its (F8 on a HP dv5120us) >>> repertoire. But F8 doesn't have libasound which the fmit build needs. >>> This F10 built it ok, and fmit itself hasn't been touched since F6 days, >>> so why can't an F8 install build it? >>> >>>> It may be obvious to you, >>>> but would not be to many Fedora users. >>> Yeah, obviously getting rawhide shoved down our throats. :( >> For Fedora 8 to Fedora 10 I can not say. Just this weekend I did a >> preupgrade test of Fedora 9 to Fedora 10 that worked with no problems. >> >> I then did a preupgrade test of that same Fedora 10 to what will be, >> eventually, Fedora 11 which is still Rawhide. Again with no problems. >> Just time consuming. No one 'forced' me to do an upgrade to Rawhide. >> >> -- >> >> >> David > > That was my point, David. F9 or F10 is not being presented as an option in > preupgrade, the only thing you can do is check the box for bleeding edge and > chose rawhide. That has a very high vacuum rating IMO. Where did you 'get' the preupgrade. The Fedora 9 that I started with Saturday came with preupgrade. I clean installed Fedora 9 and did updates to current. When I ran preupgrade, in Fedora 9, I was offered Fedora 10 or, by checking the box, Rawhide (to be Fedora 11). Since the Fedora 10 was up-to-date it's preupgrade offered 'nothing' except the check box that get 'Rawhide'. There was a bug for some, IIRC, with preupgrade in Fedora 9 to Fedora 10. Some but not many. Fedora would never 'force' you to use Rawhide. Although it kicks the poo, IMO, out of Fedora 10. Many changes and improvements. I run Rawhide all of the time anyway. -- David -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines