[Novalug] Getting Fedora 11 to work -- Upgrading Fedora hosts difficult

[Paul D. Bain]

American Dave wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 11:16:47AM -0500, Beartooth wrote: 
>
>> On Sat, 24 Oct 2009, Charles M Howe wrote:
>>
>>> This is a new thread. I wrote one message and got a few 
>>> replies, but I didn't reply to any of them. [....]
>>> Huge embarrassment. While I have no recollection of choosing 
>>> one on Oct 10, I must have. If anybody has a suggestion, please 
>>> say. But I expect to have to reinstall.[....] 
>>
>>  	Remember F12 is due out next month. At that point -- or a 
>> few days later to let the bandwidth diminish -- you should be 
>> able to do a pre-upgrade, let it complete, and reboot at your 
>> convenience -- thus keeping all your tweaks.
> 
> Fedora's just not good at upgrading.  10 -> 11 didn't go super well for
> me, and even the docs suggest re-imaging if it's an option.
> 
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/YumUpgradeFaq
> 
> -A. Dave

	Hell, yes, American Dave, you got that right. And I amazed that some of 
the Linux "professionals" on this list _still_ do not understand this 
simple fact. I wonder whether these "professionals" have _ever_ actually 
attempted to upgrade a Fedora host, as they claim to have done.