yum update from RC5 to full release possible?

[Brian Craft]

On Sun, 2004-11-07 at 18:10 +0100, Truls Gulbrandsen wrote:
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> Brian Craft wrote:
> | On Sun, 2004-11-07 at 08:56 -0500, Robert Couture wrote:
> |
> |>On Sun, 2004-07-11 at 16:48 +1100, Colin Charles wrote:
> |>
> |>>yum update yum
> |>
> |>>first. Then afterward, a full update/upgrade will do you good. I think
> |>>even /etc/fedora-release should get sorted out for you ;)
> |>
> |>That brings up a question.  Shouldn't /etc/fedora-release have been
> |>updated as RAWHIDE got updated?
> |>
> |>The reason I ask, is that my system still shows is as test2 although I
> |>am current to RAWHIDE.
> |>
> |>Thanks,
> |>
> |>Robert.
> |>
> |>
> |>
> |
> | fedora-release-3-6.i386.rpm   appears to report as Fedora Core
> | 3..........I got it from
> | http://testing.fedora.redhat.com/tree/i386/os/Fedora/RPMS/
> |
> Hi,
> Be carefull!!!!  I have tried the yum upgrade method from fc2 to the
> latest fc3test version.
> For me it did not work and I have not found a work-around to my problem.
> 
> The thing is that everything seems to go fine as described by the
> experts all the way till reboot time.  Then my computer stops loading at
> a point where it "switch to new root". And thats it.  The hard disk does
> some work and it all stops.
> 
> Luckily I did this on a test machine so no info are lost but be carefull
> to make back ups and be prepared to do a complete install if all goes wrong.
> 
> Please check out mails with the subject "yum upgrade?"
> 
> Truls
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I installed FC3 RC1 and then have used the above link to keep it up to
date with no problems at all............it works for me.

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