Re: [Evolution] Upgrade from Fedora Core 5 to Fedora 10 with Evolution

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Sun, 2009-04-19 at 12:33 -0500, John Clements wrote:
> Hi, not exactly a newbie, but newbie question. I have a really stable PC
> with Fedora Core 5 on it with Evolution mail and lots of saved email.
> Obviously I'm behind the curve on Fedora upgrades and would like to
> upgrade to Fedora 10. Any suggestions on how to do this and transfer/not
> lose email stored in Evolution? Have /boot partition of ~100 MB and /
> partition of about 170 GB. Have 8 GB USB flash drive.

For Evo:
http://www.go-evolution.org/FAQ#How_can_I_transfer_all_my_Evolution_data_from_an_old_home_directory_to_a_new_home_directory.3F

For Fedora, ask on <fedora-list redhat com> (see
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list) for subscription
info. However though recent versions of Fedora can be upgraded without
much trouble, a direct upgrade from FC5 to F10 is likely to be risky.
You could try doing it via FC5->Fc6->...->F9->F10 but I wouldn't bet on
it being trouble-free either. You're much more likely to get good
results by reinstalling after backing up your user and configuration
data.

poc