It means you didn't get fully upgraded for some reason. I don't believe there's a guarantee that this upgrade path works. cris writes: > I did all of the steps recommended to upgrade to Fedora 2, but when I do the > cat /etc/fedora-release, it tells me that I have fedora core 1 (yarrow). Is > that normal? > Cheers, > Cris > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 9:51 PM > Subject: Re: Fedora 2 install > > > > yum upgrade > > > > will upgrade the entire system. If it works correctly it will take you > from FC1 to FC2. > > > > yum update > > > > would keep you in FC1 by only updating to newer versions within that > release. > > > > You can tell, after yum completes, with: > > > > cat /etc/fedora-release > > > > Stephen Clower writes: > > > Hi Janina, > > > I'll certainly give that a try. Will this only upgrade the currently > installed server packages, or is there a way to get the whole shabang with > the yum command? > > > > > > > > > *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > > > > > > On 5/23/2004 at 4:57 PM Janina Sajka wrote: > > > > > > >Well, if you have a broadband connection to the net, you might want to > > > >reconfigure /etc/yum.conf for FC2 and do: > > > > > > > >yum upgrade > > > > > > > >That might get you there. Be sure to exclude the kernel from the > upgrade > > > >though. You'll want to put that one in by hand to get Speakup support. > > > > > > > >Example exclude: > > > > > > > >exclude=kernel kernel-doc kernel-source kernel-smp *debuginfo* > > > > > > > > > > > >Stephen Clower writes: > > > >> Hi Janina, > > > >> > > > >> I didn't think partition resizing would have made a difference, but I > > > >wanted to make sure I tried absolutely everything, including a fresh > > > >partitioning in case the installation script looked for a partition > number > > > >that didn't exist. Yes, the MD5sums showed that my CD-rom's were > correct. > > > >Fedora Core 1 did install, and in both instances I was using the > Speakup > > > >modified Iso images. I guess I could always just install a whole lot of > > > >RPM packages failing a solution. > > > >> Stephen Clower, that guy from the south. > > > >> You can reach me by any of the following: > > > >> E-Mail: steve at steve-audio.net > > > >> MSN: steve at steve-audio.net > > > >> AIM: AudioRabbit03 > > > >> > > > >> You can also check out my little home on the web by visiting > > > >http://www.steve-audio.net > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > > >> Speakup mailing list > > > >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > >-- > > > > > > > > Janina Sajka, Director > > > > Technology Research and Development > > > > Governmental Relations Group > > > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > > > > > > > Chair, Accessibility Workgroup > > > > Free Standards Group (FSG) > > > > > > > >Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > > >Speakup mailing list > > > >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > Stephen Clower, that guy from the south. > > > You can reach me by any of the following: > > > E-Mail: steve at steve-audio.net > > > MSN: steve at steve-audio.net > > > AIM: AudioRabbit03 > > > > > > You can also check out my little home on the web by visiting > http://www.steve-audio.net > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > > > Janina Sajka, Director > > Technology Research and Development > > Governmental Relations Group > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > > > Chair, Accessibility Workgroup > > Free Standards Group (FSG) > > > > Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175
