Michael Weiner <hunter(a)userfriendly.net> wrote:
On 10/28/06 10:39 AM, "Rahul Sundaram"
<sundaram(a)fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> Michael Weiner wrote:
>> I am sure this question has been asked a few times, and after googling i
>> see steps from 2->3 but i am interested in knowing if anyone has
>> upgraded FC2 boxes directly to FC4 (without the interim FC3 step)? If
>> you have, what were your experiences and what did you have to struggle
>> with in order to make this work?
>>
>> Thanks in advance, and i apologize for raising an older topic. Normally
>> i go release to next release but i have the need to skip 3.
>>
>> Michael Weiner
>
> This is offlist for a development list. Two things though
>
> * There is no updates currently provided for Fedora Core 4. You should
> move up higher to Fedora Core 5 or Fedora Core 6.
>
> * It would be better to backup and do a fresh installation for a major
> jump like this but if you insist on a yum upgrade, refer to
>
>
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/YumUpgradeFaq
Yes, you are right, quite OT, sorry. And thank you for the link i will check
it out. Issue is that i really cant do a fresh install as i would like.
Better get the CDs (or the DVD) for the latest, and upgrade via booting
from there.
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