On Fri, 2013-10-11 at 17:53 -0400, Bill Oliver wrote:
Sigh. Yes, I know you have to go through 17 to get to 18, Mr.
Harald.
And, no, it's not just a matter of "following instructions." In fact,
almost nothing that requires significant technical skill is just a
matter of "following instructions." Arrogant savants forget the fact
that they paid a lot of dues learning the little tricks that *aren't*
in the instructions. Your tell, for instance, is that you brag about
upgrading 20 machines from F9 to F18. You may not be willing to admit
it, but I suspect *somewhere* in there, there were a few gliches.
But, because you have done it a bunch of times, you know how to deal
with them. That's very different that doing it for the first time.
This page helps quite a bit:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading_Fedora_using_yum
Note that is the live update via yum which can be a bit more trickier. I
can't recall serious issues with upgrades using the normal upgrade
procedure. I'm sure there have been some, but none that were serious
enough to note.
...Jeff