Question about upgrading to 17 from 13.

[settingsun]

I installed fedora 13 from disc on a laptop. That laptop originally ran windows. I created reinstall discs for windows before I installed fedora 13. The Fedora Project website says it is best to incrementally upgrade to 17 for the best stability. I interpret that to me mean install 14, then 15, then, 16 before 17.

I want the best stability. If this is really the best way, I'll do it. It'll give me the practice to say the least. If going from 13, directly to 17 is not recommended, how about reinstalling windows first, then installing 17 from there? That way there is no older version of fedora, so there is no "jump" for 17 to deal with ( just in case the answer to this question depends on how I do it - I'm going to download the full fedora 17 dvd x86_64 iso image from the Fedora Project and burn it to a dvd).

What do you think?
Thanks again for your help.

[nonamedotc]

Considering you want Fedora 17 and you have Fedora 13 installed, I would recommend that you do a CLEAN INSTALL.

There have been lots of changes since the days of F13 and upgrading one release at a time is in my opinion, extremely time consuming. Not only that, upgrading will also potentially leave a lot of junk behind!

To avoid unnecessary complications that might potentially arise from upgrading Fedora (that too multiple versions), BACK UP all data and just perform a clean install of Fedora 17.

Hope this helps.

[settingsun]

Clean install instead of upgrade of any kind - got it - thank you.