preupgrade isn't efficient
Frank Murphy
frankly3d at gmail.com
Thu Jul 1 13:59:40 UTC 2010
On 01/07/10 11:21, Martín Marqués wrote:
> I'm doing a preupgrade from F12 to F13. yesterday I stopped preupgrade
> and started it again today. For my surprise preupgrade restarted
> downloading the installation images, which, with my slow connection,
> makes me loose more then 1/2 an hour only downloading the images.
With a slow connection, Preupgrade may not be right for you.
Can you not get a magazine with a DVD/purchase a dvd from an online seller?
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Distribution/OnlineVendors
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Distribution/LocalVendors
or being a bit trickier (to some) use yum update:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/YumUpgradeFaq
>
> The question is, why does it download the installation images each
> time I start preupgrade again?
>
Check bugzilla.redhat.org for bugs?
Maybe file an rfe?
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Frank Murphy
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