RH9 -> FC3: no upgrade offered

From: Jean-Louis Leroy (jll_at_soundobjectlogic.com)
Date: 01/31/05

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Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 14:28:12 +0100

    Hello,

    I have a computer running Red Hat 9 (Shrike). I'd like to upgrade to
    FC3. Unfortunately, the (graphical) installer doesn't seem to
    recognize the presence of a previous installation and does not offer
    to upgrade it.

    Here's my partition list:

    /dev/sda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw)
    /dev/sda2 on /usr type ext3 (rw)
    /dev/sda5 on /home type ext3 (rw)
    /dev/sda6 on / type ext3 (rw)
    /dev/sda7 on /var type ext3 (rw)

    I wonder if this has to do with the fact that this is a purely SCSI
    computer? However, the installer does load the appropriate SCSI
    modules during the pre-graphical phase; and the bottom of anaconda.log
    shows that apparently it goes look for things there:

    * moving (1) to step language
    * moving (1) to step keyboard
    * running ['/usr/X11R6/bin/setxkbmap', '-layout', 'us', '-model', 'pc105', '-option', '']
    * moving (1) to step findrootparts
    * isys.py:mount()- going to mount /tmp/sda1 on /mnt/sysimage
    * isys.py:mount()- going to mount /tmp/sda2 on /mnt/sysimage
    * isys.py:mount()- going to mount /tmp/sda5 on /mnt/sysimage
    * isys.py:mount()- going to mount /tmp/sda6 on /mnt/sysimage
    * isys.py:mount()- going to mount /tmp/sda7 on /mnt/sysimage
    * moving (1) to step installtype
    * Detected 2032M of memory
    * Swap attempt of 1000M to 2000M
    * moving (1) to step partitionmethod
    * moving (-1) to step installtype
    * moving (-1) to step findrootparts
    * moving (-1) to step keyboard

    Help please... 

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Jean-Louis Leroy
Sound Object Logic
http://www.soundobjectlogic.com
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