[ale] FC2 -> FC5

[Geoffrey]

Christopher Fowler wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-03-22 at 15:14, Geoffrey wrote:
>> Christopher Fowler wrote:
>>> I've heard that this is the easiest way to upgrade.
>>>
>>> rpm -i fedora-release
>>> yum update kernel
>>> reboot
>>> yum -y update
>>>
>>> Should I do FC2 -> FC3 -> FC4 -> FC5?
>>>
>>> I guess I could try it on a test machine?
>> If I were you, I'd backup the critical stuff (/home, /etc..) and do a 
>> clean install.
> 
> That is what I normally do but in this case I have too much good stuff
> loaded.  mplayer, mpg123, gtkpod, ...
> 
> All the stuff that FC refuses to give :)

Then they likely won't work anyway as a ton of libraries will change 
with such an upgrade and you'll have to reinstall them anyway.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey