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Obsolete
As of Fedora 18, installer-based upgrades have been replaced by FedUp, which was itself replaced by the DNF_system_upgrade plugin. See Category:Upgrade_system.


Description

This case tests upgrading from the current stable release (Fedora 39) to the development release (Fedora 40) while create a new bootloader configuration.


How to test

  1. Perform a default installation of the previous release (e.g. Fedora 39)
  2. Do a full system update
  3. Boot the current release (e.g. Fedora 40) using any available means (boot.iso, PXE or DVD.iso)
  4. Select appropriate language and keyboard, then select Upgrade an existing installation
  5. Select Create new boot loader configuration to update
  6. After upgrade finished, reboot the system
  7. Login upgraded system and perform some basic desktop operations
    • Open a terminal
    • Open file browser
    • or other system applications

Expected Results

  1. The system should be upgraded to new version without error
  2. The system can boot into new version fedora without error
  3. The opened terminal, file browser, or other system applications should display and work correctly