On Sat Apr26'25 09:28:42AM, Doug H. wrote: > From: "Doug H." <fedoraproject.org@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2025 09:28:42 -0700 > To: Fedora Users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Reply-To: Community support for Fedora users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: why is a reboot needed before upgrading? > > On Sat, Apr 26, 2025, at 7:51 AM, Ranjan Maitra via users wrote: > > According to the first step here > > > > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/upgrading-fedora-offline/ > > > > a reboot is needed before proceeding with the upgrade. Just curious why? > > Another reason is to verify that your system is rebootable *before* you do a major upgrade. > > If you had been running for weeks on end and there had been a drive error that trashed some core file in the /boot directory then it would be wise to identify and fix that issue before you do anything else. > > Sometimes people will do strange things to their system based on some random web page they read. Sometimes those people will not reboot the system after fiddling with it. Days or weeks later they reboot and are surprised that they have a problem. > > All that is to say that "best practices" are there to help you. > > The good news is that most of the time you will not have a problem, even if you don't bother with that reboot. > > Heck, I don't always bother to refresh my backup before a Fedora version update. I would never recommend that habit since I know why it is a good idea to do that refresh. > -- Thank you for this explanation! I do not use random webpages and my refreshes usually report "Nothing to update/do" because my system is updated by a cron job every night. Best wishes, Ranjan -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
