On Sun November 11 2007 10:10:01 am Mike wrote: > It was an older machine that I had just migrated off of so I didn't loose > anything, but it was not able to complete. Just getting a report out in > case anyone else is wondering if it might work. > > It did not accept the password on the encrypted partition > it did not recognize /boot as ext2 > it did not recognize the /opt /usr /tmp /var that were reiser > > it was unable to resolve numerous packages, it recommend deleting them > > it was unable to update the grub boot menu on /boot
Hi Mike, Your experience isn't surprising since 9.3 and 10.3 are significantly different. In fact, there were three full releases *between* them. You'd probably have had much better luck trying it incrementally: 9.3 to 10.0 10.0 to 10.1 10.1 to 10.2 10.2 to 10.3. The reason I'd expect greater success doing it incrementally is each release is designed to recognize and cope with idiosyncracies of the prior release... not /all/ prior releases. Personally, I've only ever had success doing "fresh" installations on truly clean partitions (not just "formatted" during installation, but wiped first.) My /home lives on a separate partition that I select to *not* be formatted during installation. Instead, I create another user like 'carl2' to ensure a completely contemporary and fresh user environment at the start. After I've confirmed there are no 'show stoppers,' I gradually migrate documents and custom settings, etc., over to the new environment. I do this part one application at a time. regards, Carl -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
