David Boles wrote:
> Dean S. Messing wrote:
> > I just freshly installed F8 (February respin) and during installation
> > I added & subtracted the packages/package groups I wanted during the
> > package choosing phase. Unfortunately, some package conflict caused
> > the installer to barf and exit prematurely.
> >
> > So I tried to install but just installed the default system.
> > (I.e., I took the default package choices.)
> >
> > Now I'd like to go back and use the same interface to (again) choose
> > the packages I want and "upgrade" the system. However the installer
> > just skips the "package choosing" phase when I choose "upgrade" on the
> > existing system.
> >
> > Is there a way to get the installer to do what I want?
>
>
> Why don't you use the 'Install & Remove Software' option from the menu for
> this?
I'm not seeing this option.
Maybe more detail is needed.
I did a network install by booting off a Rescue DVD.
The options I see when it comes up are:
Install or upgrade an existing system
Install or upgrade an existing system (text mode)
Rescue installed system
Boot from local drive
Memory test
"Install & Remove Software" does not ever appear (or I missed it) when
I choose the 1st option above. At some point, after answering several
questions, entering the NFS server and directory, and a _long_ wait,
the installer brings up a nice graphical interface which gives me two
Radio Buttons:
Install Fedora
Upgrade an Existing installation
If I choose the first, it leads to stuff that looks like it will
overwrite the existing (freshly installed) system.
Here's a blow-by-blow if I choose the second option:
I get two more options:
Upgrade Fedora Core 5 (/dev/sda1)
Upgrade Fedora 8 (/dev/sdb9)
I choose the 2nd, which is the freshly installed system to that I want
to add/subtract packages using the installer's interface
I now get 3 more Radio Buttons:
Update Boot loader configuration
Skip boot loader updating
Create New Bootloader configuration
I choose the 2nd and a popup says:
Retrieving Installation Information
Then it says "Click next to begin upgrade of Fedora"
Then another Popup appears for about 1 microsecond :-) followed
by another which says
Performing post upgrade configuration
Then I get:
Congratuations, the installation is complete.
Press the "Reboot" button to reboot your system.
Something of a let-down, I must say.
What am I doing wrong?
Dean
