upgrade to fc2
Phil Schaffner
Philip.R.Schaffner at NASA.gov
Tue Jun 29 18:52:28 UTC 2004
On Tue, 2004-06-29 at 14:24 -0400, Ivo Tzvetkov wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a server with an Adaptec AIC-7880U SCSI controller running FC1
> and I'd like to upgrade it to FC2, but the aic7xxx driver is broken on
> the install/boot discs (hangs on load, apparently it's a known problem
> but I haven't been able to find a working solution).
>
> Anyway, I figured I could apt upgrade it (as in debian), but some people
> on the web seem to suggest that that might not work so well with Fedora
> (or that there are extra steps to take to get it to work), so I was
> wondering whether anyone has tried to do this or has info on whether or
> not a simple dist-upgrade would work?
This is a FAQ.
Have done a yum upgrade but not without considerable pain. Appears to
be no painless way to do an update from FC1 to FC2. Best bet is to do a
clean install, next best is to do an anaconda upgrade; however, if you
want to give it a shot check out threads like...
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2004-May/msg06795.html
Particularly note the link to Seth Vidal's page.
up2date and apt-get are also options, but IMHO not as good as yum.
For apt-get advice:
On Tue, 2004-05-25 at 18:13 +0300, Panu Matilainen wrote:
> Since this is one of those things that are going to get asked over and
> over again I wrote a few notes (actually just slightly edited Seth's yum
> upgrade hints :) on howto upgrade from FC1 to FC2 using APT:
> http://laiskiainen.org/apt/misc/fc1-fc2-apt-hints.txt
>
> I haven't tested things like full ATrpms + freshrpms + Dag etc upgrades
> *at all* and not going to spend huge amounts of time debugging such
> upgrades either but will happily add notes to the guide of any specific
> issues+workarounds people find.
>
> Oh and once more: if you use LVM on your system, don't even think about
> using apt or yum for the upgrade!
>
> - Panu -
>
Chances for success probably depend heavily on how many non-Fedora
add-on packages you have added. If you've got "generic" FC1, upgrade
would probably work well. If you have a lot of FreshRPMS, Dag, Livna,
ATrpms, ... it will be problematic.
After upgrading run (all one line):
rpm -qa --qf "%{INSTALLTIME} %{NAME} %{VERSION} %{RELEASE}\n" | \n
sort -r >RPMS_by_Install_Time
and look at everything in the output file after "basesystem". These are
obsolete packages left from before the upgrade. Blow them away
(suggest using "yum remove <package>" to handle dependencies) and/or
upgrade with FC2 compatible packages.
Phil
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