Fedora 12

widesteps · 11-19-2009, 03:11 PM

Is it safe to upgrade from Fedora 11 to 12 or is it best to do a clean install.

If I do a clean install what should I back up to restablish my environment on 12 without having to reconfigure everything again?

If I backup my home user directory is it simply a case of overwriting the new home user directory in the new install?

what if some of the configurations in all those hidden .<directory> (read as dot followed by name) subtley changed.

Thanks for any advice

Mr-Bisquit · 11-19-2009, 03:46 PM

It's best to install.
Back up the data.
You'll have to reconfigure regardless, so save whatever scripts you think will hwlp and port them over.

widesteps · 12-02-2009, 03:18 PM

I ended up upgrading using the pre-upgrade package provided by Fedora.

So far everything seems to be running smoothly

fingers crossed!