On 09-11-24 14:53:31, Andrew Junev wrote: > > Hello All, > > > I tried to upgrade my old machine running Fedora Core 8 to the > > shiny new Fedora 12 using 'preupgrade'. ... ... > Update: now while trying to boot to an old FC8, I get an error: > > > /sbin/init: error while loading shared libraries: /lib/libsepol.so.1: > invalid ELF header > Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! > > > Doesn't look good... :-( > > I would prefer to continue with an upgrade to F12 if possible, but I > don't know how to do it and I'm not sure it is possible at all...
Boot with an Install DVD in Rescue mode, or a Live CD, and root around. Do an fsck on / and any other partitions (don't fix anything! At least not automatically). If the fsck is OK, either chroot to the old /, after mounting any other partitions it must have, and see if that works and if RPM works and what it reports when asked to Verify things, or try rpm's --dbpath option from outside a chroot and see what Verify reports. Then you'll know better whether an upgrade is possible. -- ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' <mailto:[email protected]> ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/> -- fedora-list mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
