[NTLUG:Discuss] What designates what version you're running?

[Paul Ingendorf]

I was able to perform the upgrade using an e-mail from one of the developers
that had been archived in one of the fedora forums.  I don't have it handy
right now but there is a link for upgrading from fedora 1 to fedora 2.  I
used the core concepts he outlined in the message to perform a fedora core 1
to fedora core 3 upgrade.  Everything went reasonably well.  I went through
after the fact and checked the conf.rpmsave files to make sure any of the
added options did not make a difference to the configuration and everything
seemed ok with the exception of yum.  The config files for yum are a bit
different.  Once I fixed this however everything was ok.

-----Original Message-----
From: discuss-bounces at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at ntlug.org]On
Behalf Of Wayne Dahl
Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 12:08 AM
To: NTLUG
Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] What designates what version you're running?


This may sound like a weird question, but here goes...this box I'm
writing on is SUPPOSED to be a Fedora Core 1 box.  The only way I can
get an install to go on this stupid box (I'm really beginning to believe
I have hardware issues...it affects not just Linux, but the Weenderz98
side as well) is to do a fresh install of RH 9 and do internet upgrades
from there.  Every time I have tried to do a CD upgrade to FC1, FC2 or
FC3, the upgrade process starts and files start getting copied, but the
process fails EVERY FRIGGIN TIME!!!  I get an abnormal process error and
the machine reboots.  EVERY TIME!!! I've also tried fresh installs from
CD's with the same results.  The only way I can get an upgrade to go (so
far, all I've tried is to go to FC1 from RH9...I want to make sure this
is stable before going on) is to use apt-get dist-upgrade making sure
the RH9 apt.conf file is pointed to the Fedora Core 1 links.

Fedora Legacy REALLY needs to make clear where you point apt to do a
dist-upgrade.  If you configure it to update for a RH9 box (so it's
pointing to the RH9 repository), they make it sound like you can upgrade
to the next version by just doing dist-upgrade...but all that returns is
0 files upgraded.

Anyway, here's my question.  After supposedly upgrading to FC1 (and it
appears most of the files on the system are indeed FC1 files), when the
machine is booting the system, just before the graphic login screen
comes up, there is a line saying it's starting Red Hat Linux 9 instead
of Fedora Core 1...and also the login splash screen still shows RH 9
instead of Fedora Core 1.  So, how does the system actually determine
its a Fedora Core or a Red Hat system???  I'm having a buttload of
trouble trying to configure yum on this damned thing because even though
I'm following the instructions to configure it (from the Fedora Legacy
site), it looks like it's pulling the $releasever as RH9 instead of
FC1.  Something isn't quite right...didn't get updated like it
should...and I have no idea what it is.  Something else...the latest
kernel on the FC1 os site is 2.4.22-1.2115.nptl...and apt-get didn't
upgrade the kernel when it did the dist-upgrade...at least, not that I
could tell.  It was still running 2.4.20-something.  It doesn't appear I
got a clean or complete upgrade.  How do I make sure everything is
actually FC1 and not a mix?

BTW, I followed the instructions IMPLICITELY from the Fedora Legacy
download site (except for the links I had to point the apt.conf file to)
to updated and upgrade the box.  After installing RH9, I pointed the
apt.conf file to the RH9 repositories and upgraded all the files on the
box, then pointed the apt.conf file to the FC1 repositories and
performed the apt-get dist-upgrade which took forever, but seemed to
work.

Also, have any of you had any luck going from FC1 to FC2 using apt or
yum?  It appears Fedora Legacy is favoring yum (they give you directions
for configuring up2date using yum...they seem to have dropped interest
in apt after RH9).  What I would like to do is get to FC3, but don't
know if you can go straight from FC1 to FC3...if so, please let me know.

Thanks for any help or advice you can give,

Wayne




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