Weird update behavior on FC6 upgrade
Rick Stevens
rstevens at internap.com
Fri May 25 22:22:19 UTC 2007
On Fri, 2007-05-25 at 15:06 -0400, Tony Nelson wrote:
> At 11:54 AM -0700 5/25/07, Rick Stevens wrote:
> >Hi, gang.
> >
> >I've been hesitant to do this, but I have an Athlon machine still
> >running FC5 (simply because it worked and I didn't want to mess with
> >it). I've decided to take the plunge and put FC6 on it (like all my
> >other machines). So, I've backed up all the stuff I need, booted
> >the FC6 DVD and started the upgrade process.
> >
> >Everything's fine until it finishes the process of locating stuff to
> >upgrade. Then anaconda spits out a message saying it can't unmount
> >the DVD to continue the process and to verify I don't have anything
> >on a console that would hang it up.
> >
> >I've done that and no, there's nothing on any of the console screens
> >that have the thing in a state where it can't be unmounted. Even an
> >"lsof" shows that, however the damned thing will not unmount.
> >
> >I've tried this several times with "noapic", "hdc=nodma" and several
> >other boot options and it always sticks at the same place. Has anyone
> >else experienced this? I hesitate to do a full install since I really
> >don't want to lose this machine completely. It wouldn't be the end of
> >the world, but it could get a bit sticky.
> >
> >I suppose I could do a fresh install. I also suppose I could upgrade
> >off CD-ROM instead of DVD in case this is a DVD-specific glitch. I hate
> >having to sit there and swap CDs, though. Yes, I'm a lazy sucker!
> >
> >Any suggestions?
>
> Well, I generally boot from a rescue CD and do the uprade install from the
> ISO image on C:/, since I also have MSWindows and lots of space on C:/, so
> I haven't faced this issue.
Well, I do have a spare USB-based hard drive. I guess I could do that.
In fact, I have a 16GB FLASH drive. Now THERE'S a thought...
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