On Oct 20, 2008, at 09:15, Jefferson Kirkland wrote: > I have done some research already and see that htere is a yumupgrade > option.
I usually use yum upgrade between consecutive major versions but have never been successful leapfrogging major versions with it. In theory you can though. In sufficiently complex scenarios I've bit the bullet and yum upgraded multiple times in succession, but only when that's easier than a reinstall preserving /home and /usr/local. The major reason to do it this way is the lack of downtime. Fedora 9 does need a reboot eventually to get Upstart fully going, and one of them (fc6, fc7?) switched block devices from /dev/hd* to /dev/sd*, so watch out for that. Google 'yumupgradefaq' for the page with all the tips and tricks. If you're going to do multiple machine upgrades this way, you're best off creating local repository mirrors. 'cobbler reposync' makes this fairly painless. Three machines seems to be about the data transfer tipping point, and even with fewer if you trickle in updates an argument can be made for the less-bursty nature of that. -Bill ----- Bill McGonigle, Owner Work: 603.448.4440 BFC Computing, LLC Home: 603.448.1668 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell: 603.252.2606 http://www.bfccomputing.com/ Page: 603.442.1833 Blog: http://blog.bfccomputing.com/ VCard: http://bfccomputing.com/vcard/bill.vcf _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
