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Old 03-01-2007, 11:46 PM   #1
Callandor
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upgrading fc5 to fc6

Hi,

can someone tell me if I can upgrade fc5 to fc6 without reinstalling.

Thank you.
 
Old 03-02-2007, 12:05 AM   #2
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Yes, I believe you can, just remember that it will take quite some time to complete. A fresh install just installs itself, an upgrade has to check each and every installed package first.

How did you intend to upgrade, by the way? By burning the latest iso or over the internet?
 
Old 03-02-2007, 12:11 AM   #3
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It does work - I've done it. Don't recall how long it took though.

If you can, take a partition backup with DD or similar so that if it stuffs up, you can just replace the partition
 
Old 03-03-2007, 01:53 AM   #4
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Thanks guys I wanted to conform before doing an experiment as I don't want to loose data once again. Well for jay73 I would prefer to burn the ISO and then upgrade.

billymayday, I waould like to know what do you mean by partition backup with DD. What DD means? I have a dual boot system and only one partition is alloted to linux. Any way I have full access to my window partions and my data are safe there.

Well Thanks again.
 
Old 03-03-2007, 04:38 PM   #5
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Moved: This thread is more suitable in the Fedora forum and has been moved accordingly to help your thread/question get the exposure it deserves.
 
Old 03-03-2007, 10:28 PM   #6
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See if this helps

http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Dd

Cheers

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