On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 11:10:27 +0100 oekopez@xxxxxx wrote: > @stan Ok I've done that and inserted the line > "initrd /dracut_output" to grub.conf. But there is *no* difference > during boot (kernel panic etc.). You used the wrong file on the initrd line. You need to use the dracut-2.6.35.6-48.fc14.x86_64.img file instead. The dracut_output file is the messages from the dracut process os you can, if you want, check for errors in the process. And make sure that the dracut-2.6.35.6-48.fc14.x86_64.img file is in /boot on the system so grub can find it. I do that by running the dracut command from within /boot. > > @Sam: I tried your suggestion either (before dracut) but it is not > helping anyhow. Particualry "chroot /mnt/sysimage" is failing (no > such directory). I don't see a response from Sam to this, but did you do a ls /mnt to be sure you were using the right mount point. He probably did this from memory and he might have hit the wrong mount point. Maybe it should be /mnt/sysImage or /mnt/SysImage or ... > > All I want is to resume the upgrade. I mean, I didn't do anything > fancy. Is it by purpose that one unimportant package causing trouble > during upgrade is killing my whole machine? Is that a bug or a > feature? I assume it is by purpose, in order to prevent dependency errors in the updated system. It does seem rather drastic though. I haven't used preupgrade for a long time. I had good experiences, and then a bad one, I think upgrading to F10. At that point I started doing installs only, or duplicating and yum upgrading (more primitive than preupgrade, but allows a lot more control and error recovery in the process). I now *always* leave my existing version alone and use a separate partition for the new version. That way I can always just retreat to the perfectly working old version when I get frustrated or while I am tweaking the new version. No sweating, no cursing (or only mild cursing :-) ), no deadlines. Disk costs less than $.10 per GByte, it's worth it for peace of mind. Yes, when preupgrade works, it means the tweaking is a lot less, but when it doesn't you end up where you are. You seem to be somewhat of a neophyte, so you probably haven't had this ground into you yet, but when you upgrade or do anything non reversible, you want to have a working current backup. > I am completely frustrated and currently not convinced of > Fedora You are right, it might not be the distribution for you at this time. But you do seem to have the wherewithal to master it. > (except of its community of course, I appreciate your effort!). Say, you wouldn't happen to be a diplomat, would you? ;-) -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
