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

[Terry]

On Sat, 05 Feb 2005 00:08:16 -0600, Wayne Dahl <w.dahl4 at verizon.net> wrote:
> 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
> 

I once talked to someone that's done a few of successful RH9-FC1
upgrades.  He just did it using "yum -y update" and he gave me his
notes:
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 All I usually did for a rh9->fc1 upgrade was:  1) clean out all the kernels,
rpm -e each kernel I wasn't currently using.  2) install yum on rh9 with a
yum.conf pointing to fc1 repos.  3) manually upgrade redhat-release package.
4) actually do the upgrade:  "yum -y update"
http://linux.duke.edu/~skvidal/misc/fc1-fc2-yum-hints.txt
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