F13->F16 via preupgrade: feasible?

Frank Murphy frankly3d at gmail.com
Thu Nov 17 15:02:58 UTC 2011


On 17/11/11 14:57, Tim Largy wrote:
> Is it feasible to go from F13->F16 via preupgrade? The Installation
> Guide mentions "For example, you can upgrade from Fedora 14 to Fedora
> 16 directly." Great. In this regard is there any real difference
> between F13 and F14?
>
> Tim

No, you are at most encouraged to go more than two releases.
There is a big difference between F13 and F15 how services are handled.
upstart\sysv > systemd

Maybe go to F15 first, see how you get on.
Or. back up your files.
Install F16 fresh allowing that the uids have changed for users.
iirc.

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