Re: abnormal termination during rh7.2 -> Fedora upgrade

From: Brandon Keepers (nospam_at_opensoul.org)
Date: 01/29/04


Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 23:37:49 -0600

Joern Bredereck wrote:
> Hi,

Hi

> during the upgrade from an old Red Hat 7.2 box to Fedora Core 1,
> anaconda terminates abnormaly and the system goes down.

Generally, upgrading is never a good idea. It usually works ok upgrading
to the next version, but doing that several times or skipping 4 releases
(7.3, 8.0, 9.0, FC1) is almost guaranteed not to work

> Any ideas on how to debug this problem? Any hidden log file?

I would just do a fresh install. Back up your data and wipe the drive.
  I usually create a separate partition for /home so I can install a new
version and not have to reconfigure everything

> Would upgrading to RH 8.0 and after this upgrading to Fedora solve this
> issue?
Might, but I wouldn't do it.

Brandon



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