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Just upgraded to Fedora 42 in probably the worst way possible (self.linux)

submitted 1 week ago by jws_shadotak to c/[email protected]

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I let Discover handle updating to Fedora 42 and got a kernel panic error, so I backed up /home/ and did a fresh install of Fedora 42.

I started my restoration by nuking /home/ with sudo rm -R /home/ and then copied everything over via Dolphin as stuff was slowly torn asunder as parts unloaded from RAM. Everything seems intact so far...

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I don't guess I understand what thinking process on your part prompted this sequence of events... 🤷‍♂️ 🤷‍♂️

[–] jws_shadotak 11 points 1 week ago

thinking process

what is that?

[–] jws_shadotak 8 points 1 week ago

To actually answer, I fucked up by running sudo rclone first to copy everything and it messed with permissions, so I nuked it and copied with dolphin.

I was just being lazy.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Everything in Linux is flat files. Don't panic.

Back up ~/home, do a clean install, then drop your stuff back in.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just curious what do you mean by flat files? Do other operations systems include parts that aren't actually visible files you can interact with?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Windows uses the system registry to control other aspects of interaction with runtimes and linked libraries, so it can be confusing to people newer to Linux to just realize that flat files don't have some hidden interaction elsewhere in the system (usually).

[–] jws_shadotak 1 points 1 week ago

I had started with a full disk clone which is why I was careless with the restoration

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Is it not perfectly fine and the official way to update fedora? (To do so via diacover)

[–] jws_shadotak 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well, considering I could no longer boot into my system, I'd say it was not fine.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I guess so, lol.