Looking to upgrade to Fedora 8

[Kam Leo]

On Dec 2, 2007 7:48 PM, Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu <m3freak at thesandhufamily.ca> wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I'm currently running Fedora 6. I'm planning to upgrade my Dell D800
> laptop to Fedora 8 during my Christmas holidays (fresh install).  I'm
> going to keep /home and /usr/local (i.e. not format them) during
> install).
>
> I'm fairly sure everything should just work afterwards, but I'm
> wondering how VMware Server will hold up.  Will I be able to install it
> ok on Fedora 8 and run my virtual machines (saved in my home folder)?
>
> Has anyone had any problems with Evolution after moving to Fedora 8?
> Since I'm not formatting /home, Evolution should see my previous config
> and run accordingly.
>
> Any other hangups?  I haven't seen anything major reported on this list,
> which bodes well for me!
>
> Regards,
>
> Ranbir

Do your homework before upgrading. Review FC6 to F7 and F7 to F8
Release Notes for requirements and recommendations. For example, all
disk partitions must be labeled.