32-bit upgrade fails on Thinkpad

[stan]

On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 22:42:39 -0500
"Robert G. (Doc) Savage" <dsavage at peaknet.net> wrote:

> I'm hoping this is a known problem with an easy work-around. It looks
> like an RPM versioning problem of some sort, but I'm not 100% sure.
> 

I think you are right.
 
>         Running anaconda 13.42, the Fedora system installer - please
> wait 02:31:42 Starting graphical installation
>         rpmdb: Program version 4.8 doesn't match environment version
> 4.7 error: db3 error(-30971) from dbenv->open: DB_VERSION_MISMATCH:
> Database environment version mismatch error: cannot open Packages
> index using db3 -  (-30971) error: cannot open Packages database
> in /mnt/sysimage/var/lib/rpm install exited abnormally [1/1]
>         The system will be rebooted when you presss Ctrl-C or
> Ctrl-Alt-Delete
> 
> I've tried deleting and rebuilding the RPM database, but the error
> keeps coming back.

A wild stab in the dark.
Perhaps you could install the F13 version of rpm before you try the
upgrade?

yum update -enable-repo=<F13 update repo here> rpm

The option and the action might need to be reversed, can't remember off
the top of my head.