Yum update from Fedora 14 -> 15 WARNING! UPDATE

[Kevin Fenzi]

On Mon, 30 May 2011 19:20:55 +0100
"n2xssvv.g02gfr12930" <n2xssvv.g02gfr12930 at ntlworld.com> wrote:

> Failed completely means I cannot even boot to a console, (inittab 3).

ok. What are the messages on the screen when this fails? 
Screenshot?

> 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.

Sure, your choice. There's clearly some bug or issue here and we want
to get to the bottom of it, but just as clearly it doesn't affect
everyone. 

kevin

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