Paul you are 100% correct, I removed 1 of 3 installed kernels and the install proceeded fully. Thank you very much. -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul Howarth Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 12:39 AM To: For users of Fedora Core releases Subject: Re: FC2 to FC3 upgrade exits abnormally On Sat, 2004-11-27 at 10:28 -0800, Rick Lim wrote: > I'm trying to upgrade a working FC2 to FC3, having got past the first error > where the harddisk geometry was read wrong by using the parted update, I get > to the point where it starts to begin the install and then I get > > warning: package kernel = 2.6.9-1.667 was already added. Replacing with > kernel = 2.6.9-1.667 > > install exited abnormally. How many kernels do you have installed? I had this problem when I tried upgrading a machine that had one of the FC3 test release kernels installed. Try removing as many kernels as possible from FC2 (preferably leaving just one, < 2.6.9) and try it again. This worked for me. Paul. -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
