upgrade from 8.0; linuxconf

[Rory Barnes]

i have been trying to upgrade from 8.0 with no success. when i attempt to
upgrade i get the error:

error reading information on linuxconf: no such file or directory
install exited abnormally.

i have since installed apt-get, and attempted to install linuxconf.
however it tells me that my version of linuxconf is up to date, and does
nothing. i went to the linuxconf webpage, downloaded the latest version,
and attempted to install manually. but i get a string of errors about
conflicts with previous rh7.3 files. i can't even do an "apt-get remove
linuxconf" (it tells me that it will remove 21mb, but then tells me it
can't because there's no such file or directory!?)

does anybody know how to deal with this?

thanks,
rory


> |
> |---------- Forwarded message ----------
> |Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 17:54:38 -0700 (MST)
> |From: Rory Barnes <rory at hindmost.LPL.Arizona.EDU>
> |To: fedora-list at redhat.com
> |Subject: upgrade from 8.0
> |
> |i am trying to upgrade my system from rh8.0 to fedora. however when
> |i install it tells me that my linuxconf is not what it should be, and
> |exits abnormally. my /etc/linuxconf dir contains an "archive" directory.
> |anybody run into this problem and know how to fix it?
> |
> |thanks,
> |rory
>
> I have had great luck with apt-get upgrades from older versions of Red
> Hat.  Usually I have done this from RH9, but one server was upgraded
> all the way from RH 7.2.
>
> Install apt for your version of Redhat, then install synaptic.  Take
> it slowly, one version upgrade at a time.  Apply all the updates, then
> go to the next version.  If you don't rush it, things generally go
> pretty well.
>
> HTH
> Kevin Fries
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