---------------------------------------- > Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:33:51 -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 > PS>>> 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? > > PS>> 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? > > PS>> # chroot /mnt/sysimage > PS>> # rpm -qa | grep fc10 > PS>> error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - no such file or directory > PS>> error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm > PS>> error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm > PS>> > PS>> Does this indicate what the problem is? > > KC> No, your current install probably has the db > KC> open for write access.... > KC> Depending on what you had installed under f10 > KC> (a lot of kernels?) it could take a while to > KC> reconstruct your db. > > I remove old kernels using rpm -e. > > KC> At this point I'd try rebooting and see if > KC> you can boot the new kernel.... > > I rebooted and the machine is running 2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i586, but there > were a lot of complaints during the boot. > > KC> If so, try a yum-complete-transaction to see > KC> if anything needs cleaning up. You might find > KC> a few things that need cleaning up... > KC> At best, you might not find any problems... > KC> Absolute worst, is you can't boot at all and > KC> need the rescue disk to recover. but it looks like > KC> the bulk of the install finished. > > I rebooted before I read this. At the prompt I ran > > # yum clean all > # yum update > > And it updated a bunch of packages with the fc10 versions. Time to > cleanup ;-) > > KC> Also, remember if you have RPM problems after > KC> the reboot, try: > KC> > KC> cd /var/lib/rpm > KC> rm -f __* > KC> rpm --rebuilddb > KC> > KC> And if your rebuild hangs, try it with a number > KC> of -v options, log the output, and post it here.... > > Thanks for all of the help Kevin. > > What can I do to start obtaining fc11 rpms with yum? > > 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 cat /etc/redhat-release What does it say ? 10 or 11 ? _________________________________________________________________ Insert movie times and more without leaving Hotmail®. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_QuickAdd_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
