Failed RH9 to FC2 upgrade
Joachim Backes
backes at rhrk.uni-kl.de
Fri Sep 10 05:49:25 UTC 2004
On 10-Sep-2004 John Rowan wrote:
> I have a beautifully working dual boot RH 9 / Windows Millenium Edition
> with GRUB managing which booted. Having installed FC2 on a Compaq
> Proliant 6500 with new hard drives I figured I'd try upgrading my Dell
> Dimensions 866 from RH 9 / WindowsMe to FC2/WindowsMe. I booted from
> disc 1 which passed checks and MD5SUM on the ISO images. It reported
> that the partition geometry was set incorrectly by another program but I
> could ignore and fix later. 30 minutes into the install the machine
> rebooted back to the initial welcome / check CD prior to install. I
> started the install again, opting this time to format the partion as
> there was nothing on the Linux side I needed (a test machine). The
> install proceeded on through asking for disc 2 then 3. Ten minutes into
> disc 3 the machine rebooted leaving me without a boot loader. I tried
> installing again choosing to upgrade the FC2 install. It asked for disc
> 3, then said nothing was changed and the boot loader would not be
> upgraded. I rebooted and just a grub> prompt. It's too late to start a
> multi CD install now. I don't want to loose the Me partition as it has
> my Novell client, Arcserve and lots of other stuff I need. I guess I'll
> have to reinstall RH 9?
>
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Hi, John,
this is a known problem which can be solved without WinME re-installation.
PLease have a look at
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2004-May/msg00908.html
Regards
Joachim Backes
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