On Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:36:52 -0600, Phil Meyer wrote: > Roo wrote: >> Working FC6 installation... I use upgrade DVD >> >> 1. Complains that my dos partition can't be mounted. Ignore it. >> >> 2. Complains that it cannot find swap space... offers to reboot. >> Reboot... same problem. I remove any reference to swap in /etc/fstab... >> and it seems to work after rebooting >> > HUGE red flag here. Your fstab is invalid and you wish to continue?? This > is madness. You will surely need to do a wipe and install. My fstab is NOT invalid. You did read the bit about it being perfectly functional on FC6? Clearly not. >> 3. now Anaconda gives an exception while cataloguing the packages. >> Classy... really professional that one. So I remove blank lines from >> /etc/modules.conf... reboot... works. >> > Memory Memory Memory -- Did you read the release notes? Do you have 512MB > to do a graphic install? Yes, I have 1.5Gb. > No? Well then ... Then what? Then avoid the distro that idiotically ships a kernel that breaks fstabs? If so, I quite agree. >> 4. Now it finally gets to installing packages stage... but stops after >> the first 8 or so have been installed. It doesn't lock the machine, >> anaconda just stops. Reboot... and after sitting through 10 minute >> cataloguing packages prep again, it carries on installing packages, for >> another 8 (or so) packages and then stops. There are 800+ packages to >> install... you do the maths. >> > Memory Memory Memory -- Did you read the release notes? Yes... > Do you have 512MB to do a graphic install? No? Well then ... Question asked... question answered. Do you have anything useful to say, I mean other than low grade excuses for developer idiocy? > Both of those symptoms are well known and well documented. No they are not. > Please do not attempt a graphical upgrade on a system that is currently > broken (demonstrated by a bas fstab). > > Please do not attempt a graphical install on a system with less than > 512MB RAM. > Please at least glance at the release notes before installing. Please try reading posts before you start lecturing on subjects you know little about.
