F10 automatic F10 upgrades to F11?

[Daniel B. Thurman]

Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
> Kam Leo wrote:
>> On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 7:24 AM, Daniel B. Thurman<dant at cdkkt.com> 
>> wrote:
>>  
>>> Kam Leo wrote:
>>>    
>>>> On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Daniel B. Thurman<dant at cdkkt.com> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>       
>>
>>  
>>>> For some reason the installer is having problems with your graphics
>>>> card. At boot prompt type "linux xdriver=vesa". If that fails try
>>>> "linux text".
>>>>
>>>>       
>>> I have tried what you have suggested, i.e. to use the vesa driver.
>>>
>>> I notice that in this case, I was able to see "Checking dependencies
>>> in packages selected for installation..." progressbar @100%, and
>>> very hung.  Mouse movement is dead, keyboard, dead, everything
>>> I threw at it except the kitchen sink, dead. :)
>>>
>>> Now what do you suggest I do (and buying a new computer is not
>>> an option! ;) )?
>>>     
>>
>> If you have 1000+ packages the dependency check can take a long time.
>> How long did you wait?
>>   
> Overnight (7 hours)
> There is no activity, the computer froze completely.
>> Try "linux text"?
>>   
> Ok
Ok, I tried the text mode (using net-install CD), and
I get the same failure as with the preupgrade program.

The net-install CD does not update grub with the boot
code whereas preupgrade does. The net-install CD appears
to have affected my F-10 yum repos when running in F10,
as yum now updates as F11, yet fails to complete due
to an older (F10) packagekit conflict.  I have a feeling
that my F10 yum/rpm is now hosed. I am still able to
run as F10.

So far as upgrades go, it does not worked for my
(old) computer.  I have wasted 2-3 weeks over upgrades
and doing a fresh install would have been much faster,
or so it seems.

>> Also, check free disk space. You'll need at least 4 GB free for 1000+ 
>> packages.
>> Don't forget to clean out the cached packages in /var/yum.
>>   
> What exactly should I delete?
> /var/cache/yum/* ?
>
> Thanks!
> Dan
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