On Tue, 2004-06-29 at 14:24 -0400, Ivo Tzvetkov wrote: > Hi, > > I have a server with an Adaptec AIC-7880U SCSI controller running FC1 > and I'd like to upgrade it to FC2, but the aic7xxx driver is broken on > the install/boot discs (hangs on load, apparently it's a known problem > but I haven't been able to find a working solution). > > Anyway, I figured I could apt upgrade it (as in debian), but some people > on the web seem to suggest that that might not work so well with Fedora > (or that there are extra steps to take to get it to work), so I was > wondering whether anyone has tried to do this or has info on whether or > not a simple dist-upgrade would work? This is a FAQ. Have done a yum upgrade but not without considerable pain. Appears to be no painless way to do an update from FC1 to FC2. Best bet is to do a clean install, next best is to do an anaconda upgrade; however, if you want to give it a shot check out threads like... http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2004-May/msg06795.html Particularly note the link to Seth Vidal's page. up2date and apt-get are also options, but IMHO not as good as yum. For apt-get advice: On Tue, 2004-05-25 at 18:13 +0300, Panu Matilainen wrote: > Since this is one of those things that are going to get asked over and > over again I wrote a few notes (actually just slightly edited Seth's yum > upgrade hints :) on howto upgrade from FC1 to FC2 using APT: > http://laiskiainen.org/apt/misc/fc1-fc2-apt-hints.txt > > I haven't tested things like full ATrpms + freshrpms + Dag etc upgrades > *at all* and not going to spend huge amounts of time debugging such > upgrades either but will happily add notes to the guide of any specific > issues+workarounds people find. > > Oh and once more: if you use LVM on your system, don't even think about > using apt or yum for the upgrade! > > - Panu - > Chances for success probably depend heavily on how many non-Fedora add-on packages you have added. If you've got "generic" FC1, upgrade would probably work well. If you have a lot of FreshRPMS, Dag, Livna, ATrpms, ... it will be problematic. After upgrading run (all one line): rpm -qa --qf "%{INSTALLTIME} %{NAME} %{VERSION} %{RELEASE}\n" | \n sort -r >RPMS_by_Install_Time and look at everything in the output file after "basesystem". These are obsolete packages left from before the upgrade. Blow them away (suggest using "yum remove <package>" to handle dependencies) and/or upgrade with FC2 compatible packages. Phil
