Feedback

Patrick Dupre pd520 at york.ac.uk
Sun Nov 7 19:14:54 UTC 2010


  Hello,


Thank, you are probably right.
After 5 attempts to udgrade my fedora 11 system to 12 or 13. I just
gave up. In my opinion, there is a problem with the rpm db.
I checked the hardware.
The system became unstable after an access to the rpmdb.


>>
>> My last 5 or 6 posts did not receive any feedback.
>
> Either people aren't interested or don't have an idea or you formulated
> your problem not very well and people don't understand it.
>
>> This is bothering a bit !
>
> I guess you can always ask for your money back :-)
>
>> For now, I am trying for the 4th time to update a system from
>> fedora 11 to fedora 12. I started 2 week ago !
>> Apparently the update looks OK, but then, after I log, I cab
>> rebuild the db but then any rpm -Uvh removes the data base !!
>
> You are not making any sense. What database? The rpm database? Be MORE
> SPECIFIC. We are not Borg who can hear each other's thoughts. So for
> people on this list to understand your problem you have to make a better
> effort.
>
>> I have not clue.
>> The / has been formatted as ext3 -b 4096 -f 1024
>
> Why would you want to use ext3 if - for years now - there is ext4
> goodness? That does not make sense.
>
>> Is there a problem here ?
>
> Imho the problem is upgrading to F12 which is going to be EOL (dead)
> pretty soon. Why not start doing something that makes sense and make a
> backup of all your important data and then do a *fresh* install of F14
> (with ext4) or CentOS 5.5 if you need something that is supported for
> years to come.
>
> Regards,
> Patrick
>

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