[plug] Upgrade fc4 to fc6

[Richard Meyer]

On Thu, 2007-04-26 at 11:59 +0800, Tim Bowden wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-04-26 at 10:45 +0800, Tomasz Grzegurzko wrote:
> > On 4/26/07, Tim Bowden <tim.bowden at westnet.com.au> wrote:
> >         Hi all,
> >         
> >         I recently tried to update a friends fc4 server (neglected in
> >         the update
> >         department for quite some time).  The primary aim was to get
> >         it to fc6.
> >         
> 
> <big snip>
> 
> > 
> > If you used yum to update, then no it's not apt and the yum upgrade
> > path is difficult and unsupported. There's a page at
> > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/YumUpgradeFaq for general help and
> > pitfalls.
> > 
> > But basically for Debian-ers don't assume yum is a drop in replacement
> > for apt. The supported upgrade path is with a CD/DVD upgrade.
> > 
> > However, I have done FC4 yum upgrades successfully before so it's not
> > impossible.. 
> > 
> > Tomasz
> 
> Ouch!  My mistake was to assume fcX would do live upgrades.  To be
> honest, I'm a bit gobsmacked it doesn't.  Perhaps I've lived in debian
> world for too long.  Some things just get taken for granted after a
> while.  Is the live upgrade capabilities of debian derived distros
> something unique or do any non deb based systems do live upgrades also?
> 
> Thanks for the help Tomasz, it's appreciated.
> 
> Regards,
> Tim Bowden

I remember reading about using apt to do live upgrades for SUSE a while
ago, but it wasn't really supported.
-- 
Richard Meyer <meyerri at westnet.com.au>
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It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves. 
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