On Wed, 3 Nov 2004, seth vidal wrote:
To upgrade via yum the short version goes like this:
1. backup all your data
2. upgrade yum to yum from fc3
3. upgrade fedora-release to fedora-release from fc3
4. make sure all your repositories point where you think they should
point.
5. run yum list updates - just to make sure things seem sane and working
6. make sure you are NOT in X and X is not loaded
6. from a terminal prompt run: yum upgrade
7. wait wait wait
8. you must reboot before using your system again
9. reboot the system and make sure you select the new kernel, not the
old one(s)
10. once your system is fully booted you may want to install some
additional items. Recommended:
yum groupupdate "GNOME Desktop Environment"
let me know what problems you encounter.
I've done this in my home computer, just to test it and repeat it in a
remote computer later, and everythingg updated ok, but I have a very
serious problem: the rpm database is empty. Only the newly installed rpms
appear.
I've tried rpm --rebuilddb and rpm --initdb to no luck.
I've just tried to make a CD update and, obviously, as there are no rpms,
it does nothing.
Any hint to recover this rpm database?
Thanks
Pau