Upgrade to Fedora 15 from Fedora 14 with Preupgrade - Screenshots
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This is guide, howto upgrade Fedora 14 to Fedora 15 with Preupgrade. Preupgrade download needed packages from the server, set up everything and then reboot to installer and after install boot the new system. It’s important backup your important files before upgrading.
If the aim is to update older versions of Fedora to Fedora 15, then each version have to be upgraded step by step:
Upgrade Fedora 12 to Fedora 13 with Preupgrade >>
Upgrade Fedora 13 to Fedora 14 with Preupgrade >>
From Fedora 12 to Fedora 13 guide describe Preupgrade command line method. This guide works also with from Fedora 13 to Fedora 14 upgrade and from Fedora 14 to Fedora 15 upgrade.
If the Fedora version is older than Fedora 12 then I recommend Fedora 15 clean install. Also in other situations, a clean install may be sensible.
1. Upgrade Fedora 14 to Fedora 15 with Preupgrade⌗
1.1 First start with updating all Fedora 14 packages with following command as root:⌗
yum update
1.2 Install preupgrade as root⌗
yum install preupgrade
1.3 Start preupgrade as root⌗
preupgrade
1.4 Preupgrade information window⌗
1.5 Choose desired release⌗
1.6 Preparing system for upgrade⌗
1.7 When ready to begin upgrade then reboot.⌗
1.8 Installing Fedora 15 packages⌗
1.9 Booting just upgraded Fedora 15 system⌗
1.10 Fedora 15 login window⌗
1.11 Fedora 15 desktop screenshots⌗
Gnome 3 Shell plain⌗
Gnome 3 Shell Activities⌗
Gnome 3 Shell Activities Firefox running⌗
Gnome 3 Desktop on fallback mode⌗
2. Post-Upgrade Tasks⌗
2.1 Remove unsupported packages⌗
Get the list with following command:
package-cleanup --orphans
Then remove listed packages with following command:
yum remove package1 package2 ...
2.2 Check All .rpmsave and .rpmnew Files⌗
You find these files with following command:
find / -print | egrep "rpmnew$|rpmsave$"
Depending on the differences between original and new files. You may need to manually merge new settings from new configuration files.
3. Troubleshooting⌗
3.1 Not enough space on disk, check following tips⌗
Free up space
Trick preupgrade into downloading the installer