an error occurred when finding the packages to upgrade

[Rick Stevens]

Jones, Elton wrote:
> Thanks Rick but none of these things work I tried them both.
> 
> I think it's a problem with the
> RPM package manager issue.

Under the old OS, have you rebuilt the RPM database?  That may fix it.
Go to /var/lib/rpm and delete the "__db*" files (two underscores).
Then, as root, run "rpm --rebuild-db".  That rebuilds your RPM database.

BTW, why are you upgrading to a defunct version of Linux?  RH8.0 and RH9
are past end of life.  Red Hat doesn't really offer a "free" linux
anymore.  They do support the Fedora project, so if you don't want to
pay for Linux, upgrade to Fedora Core 1 or Fedora Core 2.

> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Stevens [mailto:rstevens at vitalstream.com] 
> Sent: 21 July 2004 18:22
> To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
> Subject: Re: an error occurred when finding the packages to upgrade
> 
> 
> Jones, Elton wrote:
> 
>>When upgrading from 7.2 to 8.0 I receive the following error message 
>>in
>>Graphical and text based install:
>>
>> 
>>
>>an error occurred when finding the packages to upgrade
>>
>> 
>>
>>Then the system reeboots.
>>
>> 
>>
>>Although the message come after Boot Loader Configuration
>>
>> 
>>
>>I feel this message is directly related to the section for "Selecting
>>packages to upgrade".
>>
>> 
>>
>>As the error appears just before I get to this page
>>
>>http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/install-guide/
>>s1-upgrade-pkgsel.html
> 
> 
> This smells of a CDROM DMA issue.  Assuming a standard config with your CD
> as the master drive on the secondary controller, you might try the upgrade
> again, but make the boot command off the CD:
> 
> 	linux hdc=nodma
> 
> and see if that helps.
> 
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