Upgrade from F16 to F17 and F17 to future F18

[Alain Roger]

Hi Temlakos,

you are talking about data like during upgrade they were wipe out....
should i understand that upgrade to F17 wipe out all users' data ?
is upgrade to F17 not only upgrade system files ?

A.

On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 5:01 PM, Temlakos <temlakos at gmail.com> wrote:

>  On 10/22/2012 10:53 AM, Alain Roger wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>  i have an old Fedora 16 installed on a computer and i would like to know
> what is the best solution to upgrade it to F17 ?
> is there a standard process or a simple and magical button like "upgrade" ?
> if not, is something like that planned in F17 to upgrade to F18 ?
>
>  thx.
>
>  --
> Alain
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>
>
>
> When you put in an F17 live spin or network install disk, it offers you
> the option to upgrade an existing Fedora installation, so long as it's not
> too far back. F16 will let you upgrade.
>
> But you can *also* do a *clean* install, *if* you have thought to
> partition your disk so that:
>
> /boot is a separate physical partition, at least 500 MB in size.
>
> /home is a separate physical or Logical Value partition from / (root) and
> "swap."
>
> That way, you can at least keep your data while you clean out the OS and
> your applications. I had to upgrade from F14. I used a KDE live spin, and
> then a fast Internet connection to do about 300-plus app upgrades.
>
> Now if you haven't done that, then if you have two machines, you can
> always transfer your data to one, which will hold it while you
> clean-install F17 on the other and can then move your data back.
>
> Or, if you have an on-line backup, you can restore your data from that.
>
> Temlakos
>
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