[PlanetCCRMA] Upgrading FC4 -> FC5

[Julius Smith]

One catch: for copying in old settings and other info from an FC4
partition to a fresh FC5 installation, it does not work to simply
"mount" the old FC4 partition (since it is a "logical volume" with an
unrecognizable "format" 8e).  After a bit of fruitless searching for
how that can be done (there must be a way), I gave up and simply
copied everything to an old-style partition that mount can deal with
under FC5.  - jos

On 7/1/06, Rodrigo Segnini <rsegnini@ccrma.stanford.edu> wrote:
> thank you julius!
>
> On Fri, 30 Jun 2006, Julius Smith wrote:
>
> > Hi Rodrigo,
> >
> > I am in exactly the same situation (including the hang during
> > shutdown).   I plan to do a fresh install of FC5 on a new hard disk
> > and copy in my personalizations, following the to-do list as needed
> > that I made during my FC4 upgrade:
> >
> > http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~jos/mypc/Things_Do_after_Installing.html
> >
> > (which I plan to update for FC5).
> >
> > That said, it is also possible to upgrade instead of install fresh.
> > See, for example,
> >
> > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/YumUpgradeFaq
> >
> > I decided that the "expected time spent" was longer for the upgrade path.
> >
> > Julius
> >
> > On 6/23/06, Rodrigo Segnini <rsegnini@ccrma.stanford.edu> wrote:
> >> Hi, I have the Planet FC4 running with a little glitch at shutdown, but
> >> otherwise running satisfactorily.
> >> Before trying to solve it I wondered whether FC5 is already mature and I
> >> should instead just upgrade. If yes, would all the additional programs I
> >> have installed, environment paths, and other user customizations be lost?
> >>
> >> I don't remember if it's possible to just upgrade the hat and leave the
> >> contents of the hard disk untouched.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Rodrigo
> >>
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