[plug] Update FC1 to FC3

[Tim Bowden]

On Tue, 2005-03-15 at 14:32 +0800, Craig Ringer wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-03-15 at 14:04 +0800, Tim Bowden wrote:
> > Some time ago, I set up an FC1 box for someone to have a play with as
> > that was all I had to hand at the time, however I have never played with
> > it myself.  Now I need to (remotely) help him upgrade it.
> > 
> > Can Fedora be updated from FC1 to FC3 (via FC2) in a similar way to
> > debian's apt-get dist-upgrade or is a full re-install needed?  If so,
> > what waix sources/ what tools are needed?
> 
> It can be done, but a reinstall may be smarter anyway. I'm not aware of
> any RPM-based distro that will upgrade as reliably and smoothly as
> Debian (I've had issues with Debian upgrades too, but rarely when just
> using stock packages).
> 
> I guess it depends a lot on what you're using the box for and how
> heavily you've customised it.
> 
> --
> Craig Ringer


Thanks Gary and Craig.  I'm going to try a remote upgrade and if that
fails I'll have to do a re-install.  The machine is being used as a
small time web/ftp server and the owner would rather not take it down
during the week.

Tim Bowden