problem upgrading RH9 to fedora core 1

[shrek-m at gmx.de]

>>>I have a fairly new RH9 install (which has run fine for about 4 weeks)
>>>[...]I'm getting an error when it attempts to transfer the install image to
>>>the hard drive. States "that you are probably out of disk space".
>>>      
>>>

http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/release-notes/

Hard Disk Space (NOTE: Additional space will be required for user data):
"Custom Installation (Everything): 5.3GB"

>>>System as a swap partition of 1Gb, monolithic 10Gb / partition with
>>>4Gb free space, and a 200Mb /boot partition with 195Mb free.
>>>[...]
>>>both graphical and text install dies about 75% though copy of install
>>>image.
>>>

indeed, every time i got this error i *was* "out of disk-space"

afair you need a little bit more than the required disk-space *while* 
installation/update

remove some packages eg. KDE or Gnome, Development, ...  and try it again
# redhat-config-packages
# rpm -qa | less
# rpm -qa *devel*
# rpm -e package_name

>>The same has happened to me.  I also tried the update from Fedora core
>>0.95 and go the same result. [blablabla]
>>
>It has been made clear many times that upgrades from beta test versions
>to final realease are NOT supported.  In this case, if your 0.95 had
>been up2date as of the day before release, it probably would have
>upgraded OK, not guaranteed.
>
>Upgrades from RHL9 were thoroughly tested during the testing cycle. 
>That doesn't mean there won't be problems for some installations.  You
>do no one a favor by stating  "I guess the Fedora team was not
>interested in making sure the upgrade option was working.  This is an
>obvious thing that one should test."
>
>Good luck getting a "reasonable response" with that kind of rhetoric.
>

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shrek-m