Upgrade using preupgrade

Jamwa · #1 31st March 2009, 04:37 AM

I am attempting to upgrade my F7 to F8 using preupgrade package by doing

Code:

 echo Y | sudo preupgrade "Fedora 8 (Werewolf)"

and this went well. It asked me to reboot after it had downloaded the packages, which I did.

However, right after the reboot, it demands to go online so I give it the IP addresses, but yet again it fails with an error that it cant find stage2.img

This file was downloaded to local disk,

Code:

sh-3.2# locate stage2.img
/boot/upgrade/stage2.img
sh-3.2#

Further, the tutorial I was using at http://www.howtoforge.com/upgrading-...ith-preupgrade does not mention anything about setting up IP addresses and fedora server names or image directories.

What am I doing wrong?

JohnVV · #2 31st March 2009, 05:14 AM

FIRST do not bother installing fedora 8 .It hit it's End Of Life in January , and is nolonger supported.
there are and never will be any updates to fedora 8 ever.
install fedora 10 from the dvd installer doing a fresh install.