On 09/05/2009 11:43 AM, Law Barstow wrote:
> 
> I am trying to upgrade my Fedora 10 system to Fedora 11. System is
> x86_64 with a RAID1 Mirror.  /Boot is on this mirror, so I can't use
> preupgrade (Bug 504826).  Instead, I downloaded the install DVD and
> tried to do the upgrade.
> 
> If I choose "Upgrade Existing System",the upgrade starts and I
> think /sbin/loader runs then it hangs at "Initializing Hardware."  I do
> get a mouse pointer that starts working after a minute or so.  But
> that's it.  Also, the text is shifted to the right.  So the information
> starts on the far right of the screen and then wraps to the left.
> 
> When I then tried using the "Install using basic video driver" option,
> my existing F10 installation isn't found.  Instead, an error of "error
> reading device sda" is displayed and I am asked to reinitialize my
> drives, which is something I'd rather not do.
> 
> Any suggestions?

Can you "break" the mirror, do the upgrade in degraded mode, then re-add
the mirror and rebuild?

> Thank you,
> Law
> 


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