trouble with upgrading rh 6.1 to rh6.2

trouble with upgrading rh 6.1 to rh6.2

[William Hubbs]

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Hi all!

I am having a problem with the redhat installation/upgrade program.  I have downloaded the iso image for redhat 6.2 for an i386, and copied the files from the image to /home/redhat.

Next, I downloaded the rh 6.2 boot disks from the speakup site and created a boot disk so that I can do an upgrade from the hard disk.

I created the boot disk by issuing the following command.

dd if=dtlkb.bin of=/dev/fd0

I reboot from the floppy I created, and the system starts talking fine, so I know that is not the issue.  After I select the language and keyboard type, the system wants me to select where the installation files are.  I select "hard drive", then tell it where the files are by selecting /dev/hda7 (my /home partition), then I also fill in the "directory holding redhat" field with "/redhat".

The system starts to load the 2nd stage ram disk, then gives the following messages:

error 2 reading header: Success
cpio failed on (null): (internal)
install exited abnormally -- received signal 11

Then all processes are stopped, filesystems are unmounted and I am told to reboot my system.  What is going on?  Can anyone help with this?

Thanks,

William


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Re: trouble with upgrading rh 6.1 to rh6.2

[Geoff Shang]

Hi:

OK, I'm not a redhatter so this is all just speculation on my part.

Firstly, I highly doubt that the setup program is able to cope with an ISO
image, nice though that would be.  You can get around this by mounting the
image like so:

mount -t iso9660 -o loop /path/to/imagefile /mnt

This way, the file will now just look like a set of directories on your
system.

However, I am very surprised that there isn't an upgrade procedure that
doesn't involve reinstallation.  You might want to check (if you haven't
already) that this is indeed the way you should be upgrading.

Geoff.


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Geoff Shang <gshang10@scu.edu.au>
ICQ number 43634701

Re: trouble with upgrading rh 6.1 to rh6.2

[William Hubbs]

Hi Jeff,

You are correct about the upgrade procedure not being able to handle an iso
image.  I mounted the image the way you described then copied everything to
another directory and tried the upgrade from there.

I am not even making it to the point in the setup program where it asks me
if I want to install or upgrade before it dies.

William

----- Original Message -----
From: "Geoff Shang" <gshang10@scu.edu.au>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 6:53 AM
Subject: Re: trouble with upgrading rh 6.1 to rh6.2


Hi:

OK, I'm not a redhatter so this is all just speculation on my part.

Firstly, I highly doubt that the setup program is able to cope with an ISO
image, nice though that would be.  You can get around this by mounting the
image like so:

mount -t iso9660 -o loop /path/to/imagefile /mnt

This way, the file will now just look like a set of directories on your
system.

However, I am very surprised that there isn't an upgrade procedure that
doesn't involve reinstallation.  You might want to check (if you haven't
already) that this is indeed the way you should be upgrading.

Geoff.


--
Geoff Shang <gshang10@scu.edu.au>
ICQ number 43634701


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RE: trouble with upgrading rh 6.1 to rh6.2

[Bruce Pfeiffer]

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William:

If you would like a copy of the Redhat 6.2 CD, send me your address, and I'l
be happy to burn it for you.

  [Bruce Pfeiffer] Regards:
  Bruce Pfeiffer
  Web Site: http://brucep.freeservers.comm
  email: starfire_7@mailandnews.com
   -----Original Message-----
  From: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca]On
Behalf Of William Hubbs
  Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 1:43 AM
  To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca
  Subject: trouble with upgrading rh 6.1 to rh6.2


  Hi all!

  I am having a problem with the redhat installation/upgrade program.  I
have downloaded the iso image for redhat 6.2 for an i386, and copied the
files from the image to /home/redhat.

  Next, I downloaded the rh 6.2 boot disks from the speakup site and created
a boot disk so that I can do an upgrade from the hard disk.

  I created the boot disk by issuing the following command.

  dd if=dtlkb.bin of=/dev/fd0

  I reboot from the floppy I created, and the system starts talking fine, so
I know that is not the issue.  After I select the language and keyboard
type, the system wants me to select where the installation files are.  I
select "hard drive", then tell it where the files are by selecting /dev/hda7
(my /home partition), then I also fill in the "directory holding redhat"
field with "/redhat".

  The system starts to load the 2nd stage ram disk, then gives the following
messages:

  error 2 reading header: Success
  cpio failed on (null): (internal)
  install exited abnormally -- received signal 11

  Then all processes are stopped, filesystems are unmounted and I am told to
reboot my system.  What is going on?  Can anyone help with this?

  Thanks,

  William


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