Updating Fedora versions

[Frank Murphy]

On Sun, 16 Feb 2014 21:25:59 -0500
David Mehler <dave.mehler at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I've got a Linode running fc17. I'd like to update it to fc20. I'm
> wondering if it's possible to do this upgrade from fc17 to fc20
> without doing a complete reinstall? 

Yes and NO,
You cannot go F17 > F20 in one step. (# 2 release at most recommended)
The advice would be F17 > F18 > F20 or
F17 > F19 > F20

//* I have gone F17 to F20  using yum. 
* Expect some tweaking.
*/

The recommended method is using "fedup"
Personally I have used yum --releasever=N
following :
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading_Fedora_using_yum

ymmv.

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Frank 
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