Re: Moving from redhat 9 to FC1

From: R.J.G. (rj_g_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 02/09/04

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    Michael W. Cocke wrote:

    > I recently tried to install Fedora Core 1 over Redhat 9, and I thought
    > I'd pass along the result.
    >
    > It sort of almost worked, kind of.
    >
    > The resulting system DID boot, but the whole module load phase failed
    > with more error messages than I could count, let alone read. It looked
    > like it was trying to load from the Redhat 9 module path instead of
    > the FC modules.
    >
    > I formatted the system (it was just a junk system that I use to try
    > things like this) and installed from scratch, and everything went
    > fine.
    >
    > I'd say FC 1 looks ok for use, as long as you don't believe the part
    > about being to install it over Redhat 9.
    >
    > Mike-
    >

    <snip>

    I upgraded RH 8 to RH 9 to FC 1, all upgrade installs and (thankfully) have
    had no problems.

    best,
    RJ


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