On 30/05/11 11:06, n2xssvv.g02gfr12930 wrote: > On 30/05/11 09:34, Frank Murphy wrote: >> On 30/05/11 09:28, Ed Greshko wrote: >>> On 05/30/2011 04:11 PM, n2xssvv.g02gfr12930 wrote: >>>> To anyone trying to upgrade from Fedora 14 to Fedora 15, DON'T EVEN >>>> TRY!!! I've just tried and have had numerous problems, finally resulting >>>> in being unable to boot up any kernel version at all, using inittab mode >>>> 1,3, or 5. In view of this it appears I will have to reinstall Fedora 14. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> You failed to mention what update/upgrade method you used.... >> >> the Subject: yum update >> >> to recover try: >> 1: boot from dvd\bootcd. >> >> rescue installed system >> when ready: >> >> yum --releasever=15 distro-sync --skip-broken >> >> > > If only yum worked after booting from a rescue DVD. > > I tried updating using yum in stages, (yumex actually using > networkmanager). Unfortunately this eventually crippled networkmanager, > and inittab 5 boot. The later I got round by creating a desktop file to > and started gui from inittab 3, (to KDE). > > I have updated using this method from Fedora 10 -> 14 successfully. As > Fedora 8 -> 10 was KDE 3 -> 4 I did a fresh install. > > Currently akmod builds fail on boot, and it eventually hangs. I've tried > a variety of boot options to no avail. It also appears the old LVM partition had become corrupted as when booting the rescue DVD I couldn't see my old home directory. Anyway I'm going to reinstall Fedora 14, update to latest releases, and then try again. Hopefully, with this being a standard Fedora 14 it'll succeed. -- 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
