a FC2 question

[korn4266]

I was thinking about upgrading my fedora core 1 installation to core 2....would it upgrade the kernel, kde, and other software during the installation? Also would I lose all of my setting and files like my desktop and stuff?

[fatTrav]

i believe it will only upgrade programs (kernel, gnome, kde, stuff like that) but would leave most of your files (/home ?) untouched.

honestly, FC2 is pretty buggy and unstable. i'd recommend mandrake instead. or try suse, both are quite nice.

[korn4266]

Ok i'll stick with FC1 till most of the bugs are out of FC2, and just upgrade my kernel on FC1.

[fatTrav]

I used apt-get to update just about everything and rolled my own kernels from kernel.org when I ran FC1.

I'd still recommend a different distro other than Fedora Core. (FC is only a testing distro for RedHat)

apt.freshrpms.net --> apt-get for rpm systems

on a side note, if you are worried about your files being over written, i'd back up everything onto one of your drives and then partition your system so you have separate /home and / partitions. this way u can do fresh installs or any linux distro and keep all your settings and files on a separate partition.

i have partitions for /boot, /, /home and /media <movies, mp3s, and the like>. it makes things a lot easier

[korn4266]

well i just formated on of my harddrives for fat32 for my music, etc. but it says my kernel doesn't support fat32. Could you tell me how to add support then i won't have to worry about anything cause i just want all my music and other stuff cause i have around 20gbs worth.

[fatTrav]

you will need to recompile your kernel for fat support.
there is enough information on this forum and google.com/linux to get you started on kernel compiling. it's not that hard

specifically, you need to look for FileSystems and then put a Yes or M (Module) for Dos Fat Fs, and M for VFAT Support.

have fun!