Upgrade from RH9 to Fedora

[Kirk]

Maybe a loaded question ... what is the best interactive update procedure to
go from RH9 (Shrike) to Fedora Core 2 or 3?  Can I simply add apt or yum and
do an 'all' update?

Kirk

[thomas cameron]

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From: "Kirk" 
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Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 2:09 PM
Subject: Upgrade from RH9 to Fedora
> Maybe a loaded question ... what is the best interactive update procedure 
> to
> go from RH9 (Shrike) to Fedora Core 2 or 3?  Can I simply add apt or yum 
> and
> do an 'all' update?
>
> Kirk

Hi Kirk -

Pretty much every time this type of question gets asked, the Fedora 
developers recommend using the installation media (i.e. CD or DVD or network 
source) and letting Anaconda run the upgrade.  However, I've heard several 
folks say that they were able to use yum to do it.  I've also heard a lot of 
horror stories about yum upgrades going wrong.

Me, I'd make a good backup (maybe two), pop in FC3 disk 1 and reboot.  The 
installer is really pretty smart and it seems you are more likely to get 
help from the developers using it.

Thomas

[M Daniel R M]

> > Maybe a loaded question ... what is the best interactive update procedure 
> > to
> > go from RH9 (Shrike) to Fedora Core 2 or 3?  Can I simply add apt or yum 
> > and
> > do an 'all' update?
> >
> > Kirk
>
> Hi Kirk -
>
> Pretty much every time this type of question gets asked, the Fedora 
> developers recommend using the installation media (i.e. CD or DVD or network 
> source) and letting Anaconda run the upgrade.  However, I've heard several 
> folks say that they were able to use yum to do it.  I've also heard a lot of 
> horror stories about yum upgrades going wrong.

About one month ago I posed to the list about upgrading from FC1 to FC3
and I were told that it would be like a madness, so I made a CLEAN
INSTALL.. and didn't anything to regret then. It's worth and I also
recommend that way. Setting up your new FC3 will take you a couple of
days, but you would be free of inconsistencies. 
You also can have a look at the archives of this list belonging to the
last November..

Cheers

[Rahul Sundaram]

On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 12:09:43 -0800, Kirk  wrote:
> Maybe a loaded question ... what is the best interactive update procedure to
> go from RH9 (Shrike) to Fedora Core 2 or 3?  Can I simply add apt or yum and
> do an 'all' update?

its less safe than using the cds but it can work. try upgrading to fc2
first before moving on to fc3 though (kernel conflicts might ruin the
process otherwise)

http://www.brandonhutchinson.com/Upgrading_Red_Hat_Linux_with_yum.html