---------------------------------------- > Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:56:07 -0700 > From: developer@xxxxxxxxx > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: F11 upgrade - worse than Windows > > PS = Pete Stieber > PS>> So your feeling is I should abort the > PS>> currently stuck install? > > KC = Kevin J. Cummings > KC> If you can't find out what's been installed > KC> and what isn't, yes, I'd abort and try again. > KC> Seems I always end up doing that anyways. B^) > KC> > KC> 24x80 is *not* enough buffer space on any of > KC> the 3 log screens to be able to scroll back > KC> and see information that has scrolled off the > KC> screen. Seems that's always what happens, by > KC> the time you find the right screen to look at, > KC> the useful information has scrolled off the top > KC> of it. > > PS>> Can anyone tell me what anaconda does during a > PS>> GUI install after it reads... > PS>> > PS>> N of N packages completed > PS>> > PS>> in the background, and > PS>> > PS>> Finishing upgrade process. This may take a little while... > > KC> Could be just package cleanup (ie deleting the > KC> OLD RPMs from the db, cleaning up the grub.conf > KC> file, etc.) Or it could be actually starting > KC> to run the transaction in which case its only > KC> starting to install the N packages.... > KC> > KC> Can you see if the new kernel is in your grub.conf? > > It is. > > KC> If you chroot to your /mnt/sysimage, does rpm -qa > KC> show the new RPMS as installed? Does it show any > KC> of your old ones too? > > # chroot /mnt/sysimage > # rpm -qa | grep fc10 > error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - no such file or directory > error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm > error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm > > Does this indicate what the problem is? > > Pete > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines It would appear that the upgrade process has not finished updating the database. So, for all practical purposes, your "upgraded" system is very likely unusable. At this point I would strongly urge you to burn the dvd iso and upgrade from the dvd. _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage_062009 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
