Yeah, I though that if I had Fedora 13 installed maybe I could boot from The DVD and do a Fedora 14 upgrade from DVD. But, I had trouble getting VMWare to boot from the DVD even after adding bios.bootDelay = "5000". This was a hint I found on the web to give a reasonable opportunity to enter <esc>. I still couldn't get this to work, but could have been pilot error (long story hard to explain in an email). Then, I thought I'd install Fedora 13 then use the instructions here to upgrade: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/YumUpgradeFaq Started out great but turns out it dies due to not enough room in /boot or / because of the default partitioning. I don't know if that's VMware's fault or Fedora not leaving enough room for upgrading this way. I decided maybe it was VMware's "Easy Install" that was getting things wrong. So, I created a VM machine and selected "Install Later", in hopes it would bypass the easy install. It created the machine and when I powered it up the first time it booted from the DVD and I went through all the install steps and partitioned the disk my own way that will hopefully allow me to upgrade to Fedora 15 someday in the future, using the yum suggestions above. At any rate Fedora 14 is in the process of installing all the packages as I write this. I assume everything will be OK from here forward. I guess VMWare's easy install ain't so easy. Thanks Chris Kottaridis =============================================================== On Tue, 2011-02-15 at 08:15 -0600, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote: > On Tue, 2011-02-15 at 06:12 -0700, Chris Kottaridis wrote: > > I have VMWorkstation 7.1.3 installed on my Windows 7 box and a Fedora > > Core 14 box. When I try to create a VM machine and install Fedora 14 > > X86_64 I get the following error: > > > > >The following problem occurred on line 65 of kickstart file: > > > > > >Section does not end with %%end > > > > I have used this DVD to install Fedora 14 X86_64 on a real host with no > > problem. I am pretty sure this was the DVD I used to install Fedora 14 > > x86_64 on the host I am sending this email from and trying to install a > > Fedora Guest OS on since it's the only Fedora 14 X86_64 DVD I have > > around and I am definitely running Fedora 14 x86_64 on this host. > > > > $ cat /etc/redhat-release > > Fedora release 14 (Laughlin) > > > > I have this same problem whether my host is a Fedora 14 or Windows 7. > > > > Has anyone run into this before ? > > > > Any pointers or suggestions appreciated. > > > > By the way I can install Fedora 13 x86_64 DVD just fine. > > Chris, > > Just a WAG on my part, but I've had major kickstart-like issues trying > to install CentOS 5.5 under a Win7 VMware Workstation 7.1.3 host. When > it detects a CentOS guest install DVD, VM/W's automatic partitioning is > crazy. It's possible VM/W 7.1.3 got out of the barn just a bit too > early. > > --Doc Savage > Fairview Heights, IL -- 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
