F8 - upgrading impossible

[Marcel Janssen]

On Saturday 10 November 2007, Marcel Janssen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I wonder how F8 ever made it to a release.
> I tried upgrading 3 systems and 3 fail to upgrade due to installer issues.
>
> /sbin/loader issue (can be solved with some kernel options but it's needed
> on all my systems which is a bit of strange default).
>
> The worst though is a CPU usage of 100% at checking dependencies.
>
> Is there any solution available for this ?
> Reinstall is no solution to me, I'm looking for a way to upgrade via DVD.

It seems the only way to upgrade is via yum.

http://www.ioncannon.net/system-administration/133/upgrading-from-fedora-7-to-fedora-8-with-yum/

One of my 7 systems is running this upgrade now. If successful I'll try the 
other systems as well. It's just killing a lot of bandwidth...
 
regards,
Marcel