Yum update from Fedora 14 -> 15 WARNING! UPDATE

[n2xssvv.g02gfr12930]

On 30/05/11 18:47, Kevin Fenzi wrote:
> On Mon, 30 May 2011 18:44:01 +0100
> "n2xssvv.g02gfr12930" <n2xssvv.g02gfr12930 at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 30/05/11 09:11, n2xssvv.g02gfr12930 wrote:
>>>
>>> To anyone trying to upgrade from Fedora 14 to Fedora 15, DON'T EVEN
>>> TRY!!! I've just tried and have had numerous problems, finally
>>> resulting in being unable to boot up any kernel version at all,
>>> using inittab mode 1,3, or 5. In view of this it appears I will
>>> have to reinstall Fedora 14.
>>>
>>> cpp4ever
>>>
>>
>> OK, folks I have just reinstalled Fedora 14, (KDE minimal and
>> working), updated, (working) , then upgraded to Fedora 15 and it
>> still fails completely. Based on this experience I'm loathe to
>> recommend Fedora 15, and I suspect that even a Fedora 15 DVD install
>> will give the same result. Even worse my Fedora 14 rescue DVD has
>> been of no use either.
> 
> Can you please expand on 'fails completely' ?
> 
> I just did 2 updates yesterday with no problems at all. 
> 
> kevin
> 

Failed completely means I cannot even boot to a console, (inittab 3).
Currently I'm trying to boot the last Fedora 14 kernel and it's having
to do some SELinux filesystem update. So the next thing to try is to
install from a Fedora 15 install DVD. Just for the record the yum Fedora
14 -> 15 upgrade for the minimal install ran faultlessly, no conflicts
or package removals.

The only other thing that maybe affecting things is there are other
partitions and drives. But that should not be a problem, although I may
try again with just the one drive.

Having upgraded using yum Fedora 10 -> 14 incrementally without this
problem, I'm somewhat concerned. Bottom line, trying to upgrade to
Fedora 15 via yum is inherently risky and I cannot recommend people try
it, based on my experience. So for now my laptop is going to stay with
Fedora 14 install until I can gain some confidence installing Fedora 15
on my Desktop.

cpp4ever