[ATrpms-users] Correct way to dist upgrade from FC4 to FC6?

[Paulo Cavalcanti]

The ideal scenario is having two discs.
Keep the old installation and make a fresh install
on the second disc. This way, you can always mount
the old / partition and copy (or just consult) all your configuration files.

In my case, I have three discs: windows XP, FC5 and FC6.
After setting everything, you can make an image of your /boot and /
partitions and copy to any other computer. I wrote a small text
sometime ago explaining how to that.

/Paulo Roma.


On 12/7/06, Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm at atrpms.net> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 12:33:13PM +1100, Paul wrote:
> > On 7/12/2006 9:21 AM, Keith C wrote:
> > > On Dec 6, 2006, at 4:04 PM, David Asher wrote:
> > >
> > >> I've been using smart, and its seeming like things are working too
> > >> well
> > >> on my mythtv box, so I figured I'd upgrade from FC4 to FC6.
> > >>
> > >> Unfortunately, I have no idea how.
> > >>
> > >> Should I use apt for the dist upgrade?  Or does smart have a way to
> > >> do it?
> > >>
> > >> I don't even know where to start.
> > >>
> > >
> > > Although there are ways to do it with yum/smart/apt, I'd recommend
> > > using the FC6 install disks.  I've messed up 2 installs in the past
> > > trying to move from one version to another with smart.
> > >
> > > I'm now waiting for everyone else to tell me how wrong I am and that
> > > its easy to do.
> > >
> > > Keith C
> >
> > I'm hoping to do the exact same thing, I've downloaded the DVD iso
> > and will attempt this when I can find some spare time...
>
> I'd also do it that way, becuase it is the fastest. anaconda may break
> some dependencies, especially such from kmdls, but then just add smart
> in again and do a smart fix.
>
> Personally, while I make sure that all ATrpms packages have proper
> upgrade paths, I prefer to reinstall from scratch whenever possible
> instead of upgrading. That has the benefit of not carrying old baggage
> around that was considered deprecated from one release to the next
> (direct replacements using Obsoletes: are no issue, but for example
> openoffice would not Obsolete: abiword and the like).
> --
> Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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Paulo Roma Cavalcanti
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