upgrade FC5

[Thufir]

It seems impossible to upgrade FC5 without a clean install -- is that 
essentially correct?  If I did decide to stick with FC5, how, generally, 
would I go about installing java or other rpm's?  Manually downloading?

Can I connect up FC5 with:

http://livna-dl.reloumirrors.net/fedora/5/i386/


thanks,

Thufir