Re: ATTN: Fedora & apt users

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Author: Craig White
Date:  
To: plug-discuss
Subject: Re: ATTN: Fedora & apt users
On Wed, 2004-05-19 at 10:05, Bart Garst wrote:
> I tried an upgrade to Fedora Core 2 today using apt. If you're thinking
> of trying this - Don't!
>
> By the time the upgrade was finished I was left with no kernel. For some
> odd reason, the upgrade removed my existing kernel and failed to replace
> it. It appears many other packages failed as well (I didn't do a
> thorough check).
>
> I've been using apt to maintain my system since I installed FC1 so there
> were no "funny" configurations.
>
> I planned ahead before attempting this and made copies of my root and
> home partitions so I haven't lost anything. I must admit, I'm bummed.
>

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hmmm - I checked the repository at freshrpms.net and it didn't seem to
be fully populated yet with fc2 so I did the bittorrent thing and
downloaded the whole enchilada - need copies?

Craig

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