Hi Temlakos, you are talking about data like during upgrade they were wipe out.... should i understand that upgrade to F17 wipe out all users' data ? is upgrade to F17 not only upgrade system files ?
A. On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 5:01 PM, Temlakos <temla...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 10/22/2012 10:53 AM, Alain Roger wrote: > > Hi, > > i have an old Fedora 16 installed on a computer and i would like to know > what is the best solution to upgrade it to F17 ? > is there a standard process or a simple and magical button like "upgrade" ? > if not, is something like that planned in F17 to upgrade to F18 ? > > thx. > > -- > Alain > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Windows 7 x64 / Fedora 16 x64 > MySQL 5.5.24 > Apache 2.4.2 > PHP 5.4.3 > > > > > When you put in an F17 live spin or network install disk, it offers you > the option to upgrade an existing Fedora installation, so long as it's not > too far back. F16 will let you upgrade. > > But you can *also* do a *clean* install, *if* you have thought to > partition your disk so that: > > /boot is a separate physical partition, at least 500 MB in size. > > /home is a separate physical or Logical Value partition from / (root) and > "swap." > > That way, you can at least keep your data while you clean out the OS and > your applications. I had to upgrade from F14. I used a KDE live spin, and > then a fast Internet connection to do about 300-plus app upgrades. > > Now if you haven't done that, then if you have two machines, you can > always transfer your data to one, which will hold it while you > clean-install F17 on the other and can then move your data back. > > Or, if you have an on-line backup, you can restore your data from that. > > Temlakos > > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org > > -- Alain ----------------------------------------------------------- Windows 7 x64 / Fedora 16 x64 MySQL 5.5.24 Apache 2.4.2 PHP 5.4.3 C# 2005-2008
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