Looking to upgrade to Fedora 8

[Greg Sieranski]

Kam Leo wrote:
> 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.
>
>   
I would recommend that you back up your home directory and do a complete 
fresh install of F8. Then you can copy over things from your home dir 
one at a time to make sure everything works.

Greg Sieranski