Upgrade "By the book" instructions:
Update software and back up your system.
dnf upgrade --refresh
Install the DNF plugin.
dnf install dnf-plugin-system-upgrade
Start the update with DNF.
dnf system-upgrade download --releasever=43
Reboot and upgrade.
dnf system-upgrade reboot
Now let's fix the problems.
must resolve all .rpmnew and .rpmsave files
rpmconf -a
must run hp-setup again to detect scanner
hp-setup -i 192.168.90.10
If your GDM custom.conf has the line: WaylandEnable=false
Comment it out before upgrading to Fedora 43, or else it will not boot into GUI.
DANGER! Dovecot 2.4 will not work! It requires new configuration scheme.
You will lose time and emails until it works!
Fedora 43 new install requires /boot to be minimum 2GB so I am moving the /boot to a larger partition.
mkfs -t ext4 /dev/sdd2
mount /dev/sdd2 /dos
[root@localhost ~]# cp -ax /boot/* /dos/
#delete all content of /dos/efi but not the empty dir
umount /boot/efi
#check with
umount /boot
lsblk -f
e2fsck -f /dev/sde2
#tune2fs -U random /dev/
tune2fs -U random /dev/sde2
#tune2fs -U 'UUID from the old /boot' /dev/nvme1n1p7
tune2fs -U '473d5168-ee66-42f6-8e42-7a5aa996860b' /dev/sdd2
lsblk -f # if you edited fstab
systemctl daemon-reload
mount -a
If you need a list of installed software:
rm -vf /boot/*rescue*
dracut --force /boot/initramfs-0-rescue.img 0-rescue
rpm -qa --qf "%{NAME}\n" | sort > /DATA/backup/linux7_os/rpm-qa-qf.f42
After boot:
nftables may be disabled
postfix may be disabled