First off, thanks for the reply. Secondly, yes, I know it can't find the issue file, but that's because it doesn't understand the partition table. So it never even mounts the RAID5 array (which is connected to the megaraid card). I guess that's really my question. How can I get linux upgraded on this machine when it doesn't understand the partition table? Can I "fix" the partition table in redhat 7 so that I can upgrade it to redhat 9? When it comes down to it: What can I do to upgrade this box with the least amount of downtime? Obviously, copying all the data to another machine, wiping it out and starting over is going to take a while. That's why I want to upgrade it. Any help would be greatly appreciated later, ajay On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, Lucas Albers wrote: > I believe in the release notes for 9 it says the upgrade looks for issue > or version file to determine what to upgrade. > Check the rh9 release notes on the redhat site. > > > > > Hello, > > > > Last night I tried to upgrade our database server. It's a dual p3 box > > with raid5 (on a metaraid controller). After I backed up everything I > > popped in the redhat 9 install disc and proceeded to upgrade it. But it > > got stuck right off the bad because it couldn't find the redhat 7.0 > > installation. > > > > I wish I had the error in front of me but it was something like > > "/dev/sda: can't load partition table" or "unrecognized partition > > table", something to that effect. It loaded the megaraid module just > > fine and was able to see the drive so I don't understand why the > > partition table is screwed up? I booted back into redhat 7 and here's > > what the partition table looks like in fdisk: > > > > Disk /dev/sda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 3349 cylinders > > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes > > > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > /dev/sda1 1 3 24097 83 Linux > > /dev/sda2 4 105 819315 83 Linux > > /dev/sda3 106 236 1052257+ 83 Linux > > /dev/sda4 237 3349 25005172+ 5 Extended > > /dev/sda5 237 628 3148739+ 83 Linux > > /dev/sda6 629 3285 21342352 83 Linux > > /dev/sda7 3286 3349 514079+ 82 Linux swap > > > > I've been migrating servers to redhat 9 for the past few months and I've > > only got a handful to go so I'd really like to get this fixed. Plus, > > the fact that rh7 is no longer supported is really bugging me. :) > > > > thanks, > > ajay > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Satyajot (Ajay) Sharma > > ssharma@xxxxxxx > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > -- > > Shrike-list mailing list > > Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list > > > > > -- > Shrike-list mailing list > Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list > -------------------------------------------------------------------- Satyajot (Ajay) Sharma ssharma@xxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------------------
