John Purser wrote:
On 12/23/05, Richard England <rengland@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Toshiba Tecra 9000 W/ FC3.
I attempted an upgrade from FC3 to FC4 using a set of CDs that pass both
the sha1sum and "Media Check". The installation (upgrade) seemed to run
to completion (Graphical install was used), but when I rebooted, I came
up in FC3.
If I try to perform the upgrade again, the only options I am given are
to perform a complete fresh install or "Upgrade and existing
installation" [Fedora Core 4 (/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00) ] and there is
no indication of the older FC3 version. When I check "/boot", I do not
see any indication of the new kernel. grub.conf does not contain the
new kernel configuration either. "/root/upgrade.log" has a new date/time
so it is being modified. Checking it only shows that Firefox was updated
but it has a whole boat load of packages that are marked "available
...but NOT upgraded". ??!
When I let it do the Upgrade it very quickly tells me it needs to
install Firefox-1.0.4 and then prompts me for Disk 2. After I feed it
Disk 2 it announces it is doing the boot loader step, then that it is
successful.... but still no joy on reboot.
I've not encountered this one. Can anyone shed some light on this
and/or tell me if I can "force" the complete upgrade installation
somehow? I'd just as soon not install from scratch at this time, if I
can avoid it.
If the reinstall becomes inevitable, what do I tell it to use for "/"
in Disk druid so I can have it reuse the existing partitioning? At this
time it is configured with LVM and I am a complete novice there.
Or should I bide my time and wait for FC5 to hit the streets?
Thanks for any enlightenment or guidance.
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Richard,
This might be a long shot but try rebooting your FC box and at the
grub prompt hit the down arrow key. You may have installed FC4 as a
SECOND system and grub knows about it.
Free to try anyway.
John Purser
Thought of that one. That's why I checked grub.conf and the /boot. No
sign of the more current kernel.
Thanks for the response, though.
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