PROBLEM UPGRADING FROM FC2 TO FC6

[Albert E. Sten-Clanton]

Steve, thanks very much!

al
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From: "Dawes, Stephen" <Stephen.Dawes at calgary.ca>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 9:38 AM
Subject: RE: PROBLEM UPGRADING FROM FC2 TO FC6


> JS Writes: "
> No need to repartition. However, reformat the partitions."
>
> This is bad advice.
> There was a change in the Ext3 code between FC2 and FC3.
> I know from personal experience because I was caught by it. By not
> allowing for repartitioning and formatting, I suddenly had disks that
> errored out and would not mount.
>
> So, although I contradict Janina, I strongly suggest in the least,
> reformat your disks, and better yet, go through the partitioning process
> to ensure that any changes are allowed to happen.
>
>
> Steve Dawes
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