upgrading from F7 to F8

Thu Nov 8 05:59:15 UTC 2007

Kam Leo wrote:
> On Nov 7, 2007 9:17 PM, Jimmy Bradley <bmobile40 at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>>       Does anyone know if it will be possible to upgrade from F7 to F8,
>> rather than do a whole new install?

> Short answer is yes. If you installed a large number of packages an
> upgrade may actually take longer than a new install. Do a Google
> search for "upgrading Fedora Core 6 to Fedora 7" and see for yourself
> if it is worth the trouble.

Please take a look at the fedoraproject wiki install notes:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DistributionUpgrades
and
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/f8/en_US/sn-Installer.html#Upgrade-Related-Issues

DaveT.