[ltp] FC3 update gotcha

[James McKenzie]

Mendel Cooper wrote:

>Just found out something very interesting about FC3.
>
>I did an "update" from FC2, rather than a fresh install on one of my
>TP's. Well, first of all, an update takes about three times as long
>as an equivalent install, I guess, because of all the extra dependency
>checking, need for deleting old files and links, etc. Kind of a pain,
>but no problem in itself.
>
>The update went smoothly, and without error messages. But . . .
>after updating and rebooting, I had an unbootable system. It seems
>that the update script(s) left out one very important task -- fixing up
>the /boot/grub/grub.conf file to reflect the new version numbers on the
>kernel and initrd.
>
>  
>
Did you ask the upgrade program to edit your grub.conf file?  This is 
what appears to have happened, as I just checked my grub.conf file after 
upgrading FC2 -> FC3.

>Had to do a manual fixup to get the thing to boot.
>1) Boot with Knoppix CD (everyone should have one of these babies)
>   to find out version numbers.
>
>2) Boot by manually editing the grub command line to reflect new version
>   numbers.
>
>3) After boot, manually edit the /boot/grub/grub.conf file.
>
>
>Just goes to show why a fresh, from scratch install is generally preferred
>to an "update." But sometimes an update is better because your /usr
>tree doesn't get wiped clean, and you don't have to go reinstalling and
>reconfiguring your old installed packages.
>
>Sigh. FC still has kinks to work out. I'm still grumbling about the sound.
>  
>
Which system are you using?  Sound definately works on my A22p as k3b 
makes sounds.

James McKenzie