On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 15:16:55 +0000, Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Qian Qiao wrote: > > I currently have a box running RH 8.0, and I am planning to upgrade it > > to FC3, because I need NPTL support. > > > > I've installed fedora-releases package ok, but I found no luck > > installing the yum from FC3 directly onto the RH8 as it always fails > > the dependency check, and can't be installed even with --force. > > > > I then turned to the yum package from RH9 and was hoping that I could > > use yum to upgrade itself. > > > > The yum was installled successfully, however, if I do a yum upgrade > > yum, it simply crashes the machine. > > > > Is there any way to get round that? Is there any hope that I could > > still upgrade the box to FC3? > > Is there any particular reason why you want to do this using yum rather than > an upgrade using anaconda? > > Paul. > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > It's a remote box, I don't have physical access to it. So I went for yum, tell me if I've made the wrong choice. Thanks -- Money can't buy everything. Sometimes money can't even buy a gun...
