Update from FC2 to FC3

[Colin J Thomson]

On Wednesday 10 Nov 2004 23:44, Alexander Dalloz wrote:
> Am Mi, den 10.11.2004 schrieb hart um 23:01:
> > Hi, What packages do I have to download manually to upgrade my FC2 to be
> > FC3 ?
> > I don't do up2date automatically.

> I understand your question a bit different than Colin. To upgrade using
> up2date just adjust the sources file to point to FC3 mirror
> repositories. Then have much patience... (All other warnings and
> preparations already posted here the last days are to respect too of
> course, i.e. running up2date with --nox and not while X is running.)
> If you ask me, I would suggest you wait a bit with this procedure
> because actually the mirrors are hit by many users and the risk the
> upgrade process stalls is high.

Of course you are right Alexander, I just wanted to point out to the guy that 
a lot of files needed to be upgraded, in fact it was 779 not 799 :) on this 
box..
A very risky procedure to try at the moment as you mentioned.

Cheers,

Colin
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