Did you try using yum? I have always been successful with it (you may need to remove obsolete packages or ones that generate complaints, temporarily). I have never been successful with fedup (including F18->F19 in the only instance I tried in the 18 to 19 case -- everything went through w/o complaint but the system did not come up). Look at the following: really three commands: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading_Fedora_using_yum#Fedora_18_-.3E_Fedora_19 HTH, Ranjan On Mon, 15 Jul 2013 12:43:01 -0400 Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> wrote: > I tried to upgrade a system to fc18 using fedup. The root is encrypted. I first > updated fc17 to the latest packages and rebooted, then run fedup using a locally > mounted ISO image and "--network 18" which ran to uneventful conclusion. On > reboot the password was supplied and the system ran for about five hours (was > reading a book and checking every chapter or so), and after the next reboot the > system crashed during boot. > > On a reboot the list of boot options appeared, but none continued, unable to > find a filesystem, and not ever asking for a LUKS password. A boot from recovery > drive showed no usable data on the internal drive, it was not marked as LUKS (as > far as I can tell), not password was requested, no filesystem was found, an > attempt to mount the partition manually resulted in no password prompt and no > filesystem identified. > > With no working way to upgrade and about 17 more to do, if I have to back up and > hand install a new OS, it sure won't be Fedora, the upgrade process only works > about 50% of the time on unencrypted systems, and there seems no working path on > encrypted. The old "update" worked so reliably, can't the developers admit fedup > was a bad idea and and return to a sane update procedure? > > -- > Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> > "'Nothing to hide' does not imply 'nothing to fear'" > - me > "AT&T could not seriously contend that a reasonable entity in its position > could have believed that the alleged domestic dragnet was legal." > -judge Vaughn R. Walker of the U.S. District Court > for the Northern District of California, EFF vs. AT&T > > -- > 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 -- 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
