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Fedora Core 4 is expected to be released on June 6. When ugrading from 1 to 3, just remember to backup your data, select upgrade as the install method and everything else is similar to a clean install except that your old installation won't be overwritten.
Originally posted by fireman949 Is there any way to do this without physical access to the box, ie. in a co-location setting where they are out of state?
I am not sure about this, but maybe you have to look into network installations.
Originally posted by fireman949 Is there any way to do this without physical access to the box, ie. in a co-location setting where they are out of state?
i think you can, since you can do over network install, and the upgrade option is part of install, but you will probably have to use command line as opposed to graphical. I have never tried a network install so.....
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