2010-08-20 18:28, Jim skrev: > On 08/20/2010 11:30 AM, Jon Ingason wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Have to computer where I run Fedora. One is i686 (Pentium III >> (Coppermine) 800 MHz), 512 Mbytes memory and the other one is x86_64 >> (AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4800+ 1800 MHz, 2 Gbytes >> memory. I had installed F12 on both of them. The /boot (ext4) is 200 >> Mbytes on both computer. I decided to do preupgrade on both (F12 -> >> F13). Since the /boot is only 200 Mbytes I followed the instructions >> published on Fedora wiki "How to use PreUpgrade" >> (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PreUpgrade). >> >> The preupgrade of the i686 went fine. It only did do the first step so >> when I rebooted the computer I only needed to configure the network as >> stated in the wiki. When I tried to preupgrade the x86_64 using same >> method as with the i686 the /boot got full and the preupgrade program >> crashed. >> >> I have goggled and not found this problem. Have other same problem with >> x86_64 or is there other way to do this without resizing /boot? >> >> PS The rest of the disk is LVM on both computers. > I have found the easiest way to upgrade is get the latest > "Fedora-release" and "Fedora-release-notes" from the F13 mirrors and > "rpm -Uvh" both rpm's into F12 , then do a "yum clean all" and lastly > "yum upgrade" from command line . > > It will replace all your F12 rpm's with F13 rpm's and then you Reboot > your computer into a F13 kernel, and the LAST thing you have to do is " > rpm -qa | grep kernel" that will display all the F12 kernels left > behind, you do a "yum remove" any kernels left behind. If I use the > command line and Copy and Paste those old F12 kernels at "yum remove" > it makes it easier. > > And very lastly you got a Brand Spanking new F13 to boot from. > > I have done a lot of F12> F13 boxes that way without any problems. > > Be sure to leave out all the quotes I put in this email. Thanks, I will try this. -- Regards Jon Ingason -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
