[ATrpms-users] Re: FC2 to FC3 dist-upgrade

[Axel Thimm]

On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 08:19:54PM +1000, Phill Edwards wrote:
> > Ok, maybe I was bored, but I decided that it was time to upgrade my FC2 box.
> > 
> > I copied sources.list from another FC3 box just recently installed.
> > 
> > Then I ran apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade:
> 
> I've been putting off the FC3 upgrade. I didn't know upgrading to FC3
> was as easy as this. Is this recommended, or would it be better (less
> error prone) to download some FC3 ISOs, burn them to CDs and do a CD
> upgrade?

The safest way is to reinstall, but I have used the apt-get
dist-upgrade to go FC2->FC3 w/o problems, too. If you want to play
safe the release notes to FC3 have some text on how to do a
non-anaconda upgrade. The installation of the mentioned packages can
be made with apt-get. But I think all of these steps are performed by
an apt-get dist-upgrade anyway.

>    Systems upgraded to Fedora Core 3 using Anaconda will automatically
>    be
>    reconfigured to use udev. However (although NOT recommended) it is
>    possible to perform a "live" upgrade to udev using the following
>    steps:
> 
>     1. Ensure that you are running a 2.6 kernel
> 
>     2. Ensure that /sys/ is mounted
> 
>     3. Install the initscripts RPM supplied with Fedora Core 3
> 
>     4. Install the new udev RPM supplied with Fedora Core 3
> 
>     5. Execute /sbin/start_udev
> 
>     6. Install the new mkinitrd RPM supplied with Fedora Core 3
> 
>     7. Perform one of the following steps:
> 
>        . Install the new kernel RPM supplied with Fedora Core 3
> 
>        OR:
> 
>        . Re-run mkinitrd for your existing kernel(s)
> 
>   Warning
> 
>    Improperly performing these steps can result in a system
>    configuration
>    that will not boot properly.

-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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