[ltp] FC3 update gotcha
James McKenzie
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sun, 28 Nov 2004 13:01:14 -0700
Mendel Cooper wrote:
>On Sat, 27 Nov 2004, James McKenzie wrote:
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>>>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.
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>>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.
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>At the end of the update, yes, I was asked whether to update the boot
>installer, and I clicked "yes."
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>>>Sigh. FC still has kinks to work out. I'm still grumbling about the sound.
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>>Which system are you using? Sound definately works on my A22p as k3b
>>makes sounds.
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>770Z TP. Had same problem with FC2 six months ago.
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Time to bug this. I was asked early in the installation if I wanted to
change my bootloader, I left the default of upgrade.
James McKenzie
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