Re: Upgrading from FC8 to F12 - please help

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On 09-11-24 14:53:31, Andrew Junev wrote:

> > Hello All,
> 
> > I tried to upgrade my old machine running Fedora Core 8 to the 
> > shiny new Fedora 12 using 'preupgrade'. ...
 ...
> Update: now while trying to boot to an old FC8, I get an error:
> 
> 
> /sbin/init: error while loading shared libraries: /lib/libsepol.so.1:
> invalid ELF header
> Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
> 
> 
> Doesn't look good... :-(
> 
> I would prefer to continue with an upgrade to F12 if possible, but I
> don't know how to do it and I'm not sure it is possible at all...

Boot with an Install DVD in Rescue mode, or a Live CD, and root around. 
Do an fsck on / and any other partitions (don't fix anything!  At least 
not automatically).  If the fsck is OK, either chroot to the old /, 
after mounting any other partitions it must have, and see if that works 
and if RPM works and what it reports when asked to Verify things, or 
try rpm's --dbpath option from outside a chroot and see what Verify 
reports.  Then you'll know better whether an upgrade is possible.

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