FC4 installation appears to disappear...?

[Richard England]

John Purser wrote:

>On 12/23/05, Richard England <rengland at europa.com> wrote:
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>>Toshiba Tecra 9000  W/ FC3.
>>
>>I attempted an upgrade from FC3 to FC4 using a set of CDs that pass both
>>the sha1sum and "Media Check". The installation (upgrade) seemed to run
>>to completion (Graphical install was used), but when I rebooted, I came
>>up in FC3.
>>
>>If I try to perform the upgrade again, the only options I am given are
>>to perform a complete fresh install or  "Upgrade and existing
>>installation" [Fedora Core 4 (/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00) ]  and there is
>>no indication of the older FC3 version. When I check "/boot", I do not
>>see any indication of the new kernel.  grub.conf does not contain the
>>new kernel configuration either. "/root/upgrade.log" has a new date/time
>>so it is being modified. Checking it only shows that Firefox was updated
>>but it has a whole boat load of packages that are marked "available
>>...but NOT upgraded".  ??!
>>
>>When I let it do the Upgrade it very quickly tells me it needs to
>>install Firefox-1.0.4 and then prompts me for Disk 2. After I feed it
>>Disk 2 it announces it is doing the boot loader step, then that it is
>>successful.... but still no joy on reboot.
>>
>>I've not encountered this one.   Can anyone shed some light on this
>>and/or tell me if I can "force" the complete upgrade installation
>>somehow?  I'd just as soon not install from scratch at this time, if I
>>can avoid it.
>>
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>>
>>If the reinstall becomes inevitable, what do I tell it to use for  "/"
>>in Disk druid so I can have it reuse the existing partitioning?  At this
>>time it is configured with LVM and I am a complete novice there.
>>
>>
>>Or should I bide my time and wait for FC5 to hit the streets?
>>
>>
>>Thanks for any enlightenment or guidance.
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>Richard,
>
>This might be a long shot but try rebooting your FC box and at the
>grub prompt hit the down arrow key.  You may have installed FC4 as a
>SECOND system and grub knows about it.
>
>Free to try anyway.
>
>John Purser
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Thought of that one. That's why I checked grub.conf and the /boot.  No 
sign of the more current kernel.
Thanks for the response, though.

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