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Wed, Jul. 16th, 2008, 08:51 am
Upgrading from Fedora 8 to Fedora 9 with yum

Since this worked for f6 to f7 to f8, I am trying it to f9.

"I found this article on the internet on how to update from Fedora 7 to Fedora 8 without using a DVD/CD. It worked like a charm! I tried it for FC6 -> F7 and it worked great too! http://www.ioncannon.net/system-administration/133/upgrading-from-fedora-7-to-fedora-8-with-yum/ "

So now I am running it for f8 -> f9.

The key is running "yum update", and installing these two packages:
rpm -Uhv ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/fedora/linux/releases/9/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/fedora-release-9-2.noarch.rpm ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/fedora/linux/releases/9/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/fedora-release-notes-9.0.0-1.noarch.rpm

Then running "yum upgrade" (not 'update') after a reboot and you should be set.

I'll let you know how I fare.

Wed, Feb. 27th, 2008, 01:57 pm
Upgrading from Fedora 7 to Fedora 8 with yum

I found this article on the internet on how to update from Fedora 7 to Fedora 8 without using a DVD/CD. It worked like a charm! I tried it for FC6 -> F7 and it worked great too!
http://www.ioncannon.net/system-administration/133/upgrading-from-fedora-7-to-fedora-8-with-yum/
The key is running "yum update", and installing these two packages:
rpm -Uhv http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/fedora-release-8-3.noarch.rpm http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/fedora-release-notes-8.0.0-3.noarch.rpm
Then running yum update again. After a reboot you should be set.