Failed RH9 to FC2 upgrade

[John McBride]

John Rowan wrote:

> I have a beautifully working dual boot RH 9 / Windows Millenium 
> Edition with GRUB managing which booted.  Having installed FC2 on a 
> Compaq Proliant 6500 with new hard drives I figured I'd try upgrading 
> my Dell Dimensions 866 from RH 9 / WindowsMe to FC2/WindowsMe.    I 
> booted from disc 1 which passed checks and MD5SUM on the ISO images.  
> It reported that the partition geometry was set incorrectly by another 
> program but I could ignore and fix later.  30 minutes into the install 
> the machine rebooted back to the initial welcome / check CD prior to 
> install.  I started the install again, opting this time to format the 
> partion as there was nothing on the Linux side I needed (a test 
> machine).  The install proceeded on through asking for disc 2 then 3.  
> Ten minutes into disc 3 the machine rebooted leaving me without a boot 
> loader.  I tried installing again choosing to upgrade the FC2 
> install.  It asked for disc 3, then said nothing was changed and the 
> boot loader would not be upgraded.  I rebooted and just a grub> 
> prompt.  It's too late to start a multi CD install now.  I don't want 
> to loose the Me partition as it has my Novell client, Arcserve and 
> lots of other stuff I need.  I guess I'll have to reinstall RH 9?
>
Take a look at fedorafaq.org, near the end of the page, the part about 
acpi and apm. Edit the kernel options and see if the install goes any 
better.

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John