On 3 Dec 2011 at 23:01, Paul Allen Newell wrote: Date sent: Sat, 03 Dec 2011 23:01:11 -0800 From: Paul Allen Newell <pnewell@xxxxxxxxxx> To: Community support for Fedora users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Fedora 16 preupgrade problem? Send reply to: Community support for Fedora users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <mailto:users-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscrib e> <mailto:users-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe > > On 12/02/2011 03:29 PM, Michael D. Setzer II wrote: > > I have a test machine with Fedora 15 x86_64 and ran preupgrade > > and all seemed to go fine. But after reboot, it comes up with the > > grub menu and option to upgrade to 16, but then selecting it just > > results in a blinking cursor in the upper left. No messages on > > screen, no disk activity. > > > > Currently downloading DVD image, but that saying it will take 5 > > hours more. > Did it work? Tried to do an upgrade from the DVD and it also failed. Removed the preupgrade downloaded stuff, and it failed again. Did a new install and it worked, but this was just a test machine, so the hardware seems to be ok. Will have to try on another machine and see if only a clean install works, or if I can find what the issue is? > -- > 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 Have > a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org +----------------------------------------------------------+ Michael D. Setzer II - Computer Science Instructor Guam Community College Computer Center mailto:mikes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:msetzerii@xxxxxxxxx http://www.guam.net/home/mikes Guam - Where America's Day Begins G4L Disk Imaging Project maintainer http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l/ +----------------------------------------------------------+ http://setiathome.berkeley.edu (Original) Number of Seti Units Returned: 19,471 Processing time: 32 years, 290 days, 12 hours, 58 minutes (Total Hours: 287,489) BOINC@HOME CREDITS SETI 11506233.394587 | EINSTEIN 6948627.879851 ROSETTA 3991470.553554 | ABC 9600806.170428 -- 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 Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org