Re: Problems with upgrade to 8.0

[Allen Wayne Best <linux atoka-software com>]

jim:

that was the trick. i have successfully upgraded and now using 8.0.  thanks so 
much for your timely reply.


On Monday 09 December 2002 11:09 am, Jim Hayward pronounced:
> On Sun, 2002-12-08 at 23:32, Allen Wayne Best wrote:
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >   File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 632, in nextClicked
> >     self.dispatch.gotoNext()
> >   File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 150, in gotoNext
> >     self.moveStep()
> >   File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 215, in moveStep
> >     rc = apply(func, self.bindArgs(args))
> >   File "/usr/lib/anaconda/upgrade.py", line 349, in upgradeFindPackages
> >     id.hdList[package[rpm.RPMTAG_NAME]].select()
> >   File "/usr/lib/anaconda/comps.py", line 171, in __getitem__
> >     return self.packages[item]
> > KeyError: kernel-smp
>
> The installer seems to think you have an SMP kernel installed.
>
> > my system is an Asus P5A with a 550 Mhz AMD,
>
> Obviously this is not an SMP system. Check and make sure you do not have
> an SMP kernel installed along with the UP kernel. Red Hat 8.0 does not
> ship with an SMP kernel for anything below i686 processor. If you have
> an i586 SMP kernel installed the upgrade will fail. Remove the smp
> kernel if it is installed and try the upgrade again.
>
> Regards,
> 	Jim H
>
>
>
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regards,
allen wayne best, esq
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Current date: 37:55:9::343:2002

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