FC4 to FC5 upgrade via YUM Question
Jim Duda
jim at duda.tzo.com
Wed Nov 8 13:58:52 UTC 2006
I've been trying to execute an FC4 to FC5 upgrade via yum. The file system I'm trying to upgrade
is used in a LTSP diskless boot system. It's very difficult to execute a fresh install from CDROM.
The first thing I did was:
rpm -Uvh fedora-release-5-5.noarch.rpm
Next, I upgraded my yum.repos.d directory, and disabled all the odd ones, including atrpms.
Next, I did yum update, which obviously didn't go clean since I'm here :-)
I started with dozens of dependency issues. I was able to pick away at the issues by removing
packages, upgrading small portions, etc. I was down to 1 final dependency issue.
--> Processing Dependency: libneon.so.24 for package: librpm4.4
This was a difficult one as librpm4.4 was required by yum itself. If I remove librpm4.4 to
resolve this dependency issue, then yum itself will get removed, then I'm hosed.
I googled around and found this recommendation.
# yum shell
> remove librpm4.4
> update
> run
I tried this. All the dependencies were resolved and I was able to say "Y" to download 775 packages.
The downloads occurred and the update ran. So far, so good.
The file system/machine in question is on a headless computer. It's a media computer attached
to my TV (the TV display is useless as a text monitor). I always attach to the unit via telnet.
I rebooted the system, and it came up.
However, when I attempt to telnet to the machine, I get an unexpected prompt:
Fedora Core release 6 (Rawhide)
Kernel 2.6.17.13-tftp on an i686
login:
I know that telnet is running, since I get the login prompt. After I login, I immediately
get kicked out with the "remote host has closed the connection".
Can anyone explain why it appears I upgraded from FC4 to FC6? Did that really happen?
Can anyone explain why telnet might have broken? I verified that I have telnet available
in /etc/xinet.d. The fact that I get the login prompt proves telnet itself is okay, something
happened after login.
Thanks,
Jim
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