[Novalug] Upgrading from Fedora 13 to Fedora 17/18

Jay Hart jhart@kevla.org
Sat Dec 29 21:23:20 EST 2012


So, going this route, what would be the command to backup all data (to a
CD/DVD) and restore, while preserving date stamps both ways?

Jay

> I recommend
>    BACKUP
>    INSTALL
>    RESTORE DATA
>
> If /home is it's own partition, install and mount (do NOT format /home)
>
> If you are doing it soon, F17. F18 is beta and I would NOT trust it.
>
> Depending on the filesystem of /home, I might upgrade it to ext3 or ext4.
>
> I would more all the . files in OLD so it regenerates the magic for me and
> I can look at old settings.
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 6:49 PM, Jay Hart <jhart@kevla.org> wrote:
>
>> Ok, call me lazy. but I've been busy the last 2 years renovating my house
>> (one
>> reason why I haven't made a meeting in a while).
>>
>> So, now I find myself many version back from latest Fedora.
>>
>> What is the best way to get to Fedora 17/18 (should I go to 18 or maybe
>> just
>> 17 until any major issues resolved)?
>>
>> At one point it was suggested to go this route:
>>
>>
>> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/fedora-35/anyone-tried-preupgrade-from-f13-to-f14-842629/
>>
>> but my feeling is that is too old to use now?
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> Jay
>>
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