Progress Report: Re: [nylug-talk] Upgrading RH 7.1 from mountable .iso file...

[Bill Catlan]

> > I've found it's busy for a few weeks after RH9
> came out, and it's been busy
> > today; but most of the time I've had no problems.

I should have noted that I only recently attempted to
get my RedHat system up to date.  I run a Debian
system at work and have been out of the loop on RH. 
So, my recent experience with RHN has been dismal
(last week or so), while I do recall having some
success around a year ago.

Well, as an update on migrating my system from RH 7.1
to RH 9, I got the ISOs installed and all the default
packages installed.  There was one hiccup with a KDE
language file - the Brazil rpm - which cause a fatal
error during the install.  I was able to reboot and
find that the other 500 or so packages that got
installed previously had remained installed and the
upgrade script detected that I only need the remaining
packages installed.  I did a custom install at this
point and removed the KDE Brazil and other language
packages, and the installation completed.  The reboot
failed at the end, so I did a manual power cycle.  

The boot sequence then failed, however, returning the
dreaded "LI" as LILO failed to boot the system.  I
should mention, this was an upgrade attempt, not a
fresh install.  Also, I chose the grub bootloader
during both upgrade sessions, but it seems LILO is
still in control (based upon the LI).  I belive LILO
was the old bootloader on the 7.1 system.  

That's where I left off.  I will troubleshoot the
bootloader issue tonight ... if I can only remember
what I did the last time I saw this. :)

Thanks everyone for your tips and links.

Bill



--- David Rosenstrauch <david.rosenstrauch at aleri.com>
wrote:
> On Thursday 15 May 2003 12:28 am, Carl Friedberg
> wrote:
> > I've found it's busy for a few weeks after RH9
> came out, and it's been busy
> > today; but most of the time I've had no problems.
> That's just me...
> >
> > Carl
> 
> 
> +1.  It's usually quite busy after a new RH release,
> but calms down a few 
> weeks later.
> 
> 
> DR
> 
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