On Sat Apr26'25 09:28:42AM, Doug H. wrote: > From: "Doug H." <fedoraproject....@wombatz.com> > Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2025 09:28:42 -0700 > To: Fedora Users <users@lists.fedoraproject.org> > Reply-To: Community support for Fedora users <users@lists.fedoraproject.org> > Subject: Re: why is a reboot needed before upgrading? > > On Sat, Apr 26, 2025, at 7:51 AM, Ranjan Maitra via users wrote: > > According to the first step here > > > > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/upgrading-fedora-offline/ > > > > a reboot is needed before proceeding with the upgrade. Just curious why? > > Another reason is to verify that your system is rebootable *before* you do a > major upgrade. > > If you had been running for weeks on end and there had been a drive error > that trashed some core file in the /boot directory then it would be wise to > identify and fix that issue before you do anything else. > > Sometimes people will do strange things to their system based on some random > web page they read. Sometimes those people will not reboot the system after > fiddling with it. Days or weeks later they reboot and are surprised that they > have a problem. > > All that is to say that "best practices" are there to help you. > > The good news is that most of the time you will not have a problem, even if > you don't bother with that reboot. > > Heck, I don't always bother to refresh my backup before a Fedora version > update. I would never recommend that habit since I know why it is a good idea > to do that refresh. > --
Thank you for this explanation! I do not use random webpages and my refreshes usually report "Nothing to update/do" because my system is updated by a cron job every night. Best wishes, Ranjan -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
