Update Fedora to a new Major-Version while running

[Thorsten Leemhuis]

Hi *,

will it be "official supported" to update from one Fedora-Core to the
next major Fedora-Core Version while the machine is doing it's normal
(server) work? Like a "rpm -F *" on a RHL8 machine in a directory with a
rpms of RHL9. (Does this really work? I never tried, but was told it would.)

Okay, one reboot (needed to run the new kernel) will be needed and is
IMHO okay, but a downtime of 30 min or 1h and waiting in the
surroundings of the machine to change the CDs is sometimes very disturbing.

Especially if I'm forced to update at least once a year if security
updates will only be provided for the current and the last Fedora-Core
Version (Yes, I know, I can buy Red Hat Enterprise Linux if I really
need longer support, but that is not always an option for small/medium
sized home servers or firms).

CU
Thorsten Leemhuis

[Owen Taylor]

On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 11:50, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
>  Hi *,
>  
>  will it be "official supported" to update from one Fedora-Core to the
>  next major Fedora-Core Version while the machine is doing it's normal
>  (server) work? Like a "rpm -F *" on a RHL8 machine in a directory with a
>  rpms of RHL9. (Does this really work? I never tried, but was told it would.) 
I think the answer to this is that if people are interested in it,
and are willing to do the necessary work of:

 - Testing
 - Fixing problems they find

Than it can be a feature of Fedora; it's not something that, as far as
I know, Red Hat is going to spend engineering resources on, but that
doesn't constrain the possible features of Fedora.

(rpm -Fvh * doens't really quite work, but yum, apt-rpm, etc. can make 
a closer approximation to what the installer does on an upgrade.)

Regards,
					Owen

[Ryan Quinn]

Owen Taylor wrote:

> On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 11:50, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
>   
>
> >Hi *,
> >
> >will it be "official supported" to update from one Fedora-Core to the
> >next major Fedora-Core Version while the machine is doing it's normal
> >(server) work? Like a "rpm -F *" on a RHL8 machine in a directory with a
> >rpms of RHL9. (Does this really work? I never tried, but was told it would.)
> >    
> >
>
> I think the answer to this is that if people are interested in it,
> and are willing to do the necessary work of:
>
>  - Testing
>  - Fixing problems they find
>
> Than it can be a feature of Fedora; it's not something that, as far as
> I know, Red Hat is going to spend engineering resources on, but that
> doesn't constrain the possible features of Fedora.
>
> (rpm -Fvh * doens't really quite work, but yum, apt-rpm, etc. can make 
> a closer approximation to what the installer does on an upgrade.)
>
> Regards,
> 					Owen
>
>
>
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Personally I have been using apt-get with RH8 and RH9 for some time now 
and have found that apt does a great job of this.  Simply add the apt 
repository for the newer version to your sources.list file and do 
"apt-get update" and "apt-get upgrade".

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Sincerely,
Ryan Quinn
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