Re: RIP Fedora?

[Sylvia Sánchez]

Hello,

You should make a fresh install.  Fedora 24 and 25 are the latest, Fedora
23 is already unsupported.

Cheers,
Sylvia



On 18 January 2017 at 18:48, Phil Neck <1nc0mun1c4d0(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

>  Okay ... now I have your attention ...
>
>  A funny thing happened to me the other day ...
>
>  I tried upgrading a Fedora 22 VM which was running on about 30 different
>  VMware architectures to Fedora 23. All but a couple worked perfectly but a
>  couple (Both Dell servers) didn't. On these I can only describe what I was
>  seeing as '64-bitty' problems ... checksums failing ... that kind of thing.
>
>  I then had the idea of trying to build the machine 'from scratch' using a
>  Fedora 25 CD image. Similar results ... the machines the original 22-23
>  convertion worked on went fine, but the other two ... no dice. They
>  wouldn't even load beyond initial kernel boot and into install screen.
>
>  I thought best to start at the bottom and work up, so spoke to Dell ...
>  they had no reports of problems with their machines and VMware (yeah ... I
>  know ... they never do ... but)
>
>  Then spoke to VMWare to be told:
>
>  =========================
>
>  "My name is gfdgfdgfdg and I will be working with you to resolve your
>  issue for Support Request 7657576576576.
>
>  I understand from your case description that Fedora 25 64 bit  VM won't
>  boot.
>  Please find the list of the supported OS on the ESXi host. Fedora is not
>  supported on ESXi but rather on Workstation and Fusion.
>
>  https://partnerweb.vmware.com/comp_guide2/pdf/VMware_GOS_
>  Compatibility_Guide.pdf
>
>  If you are using Workstation or Fusion, please raise a case with the
>  concerned team to assist you however its not supported as a guest OS on
>  ESXi.
>
>  Let me know if you have any questions or if we are good to close the case
>  for now.
>
>  ==========================
>
>  I appreciate that this note is low on technical facts (by design). because
>  I'm not really as as interested in the technical minucia of the problem, as
>  the more general situation. Can anyone explain what changed between FC22
>  and FC23? What caused VMware to drop support? Is there any practical way
>  around this?
>
>  I have hundreds of Fedora based VMs out there running versions from
>  'stoneage' to the latest, all working fine EXCEPT those on the two machines
>  mentioned.
>
>  I have a heck of a decision to make in the in the next few days, but it
>  sounds like its going to be RIP Fedora :(
>
>  Any insight most gratefully appreciated
>
>  Thanks
>
>  Phil.
>
>
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