FC5 Pukes on my machine

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On 5/7/06, Paul King <pking123-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Hello
>
> Now that Fedora Core 5 is no longer a "testing" suite, I decided to
> attempt an upgrade of my system, and found after a couple of attempts
> that its python-based Anaconda script dies just after making a list of
> packages to upgrade on my current system (FC3). The docs said that it
> was supposed to auto-detect the installation (which it did), and then
> upgrade if I select "upgrade" (which I did). The error message tells me
> that the error is likely due to a bug.
>
> I downloaded this distro today from fedora.redhat.com. Not sure why it
> would die like that.
>
> Just a heads-up to anyone thinking of installing this thing on an
> existing FC system. The last thing I want to do is wipe out what I have
> and install fresh, after all the work I went to in getting the software
> and hardware to work together.
>
> Paul King

Have you tried upgrading to FC4 (if that is possible) first? Maybe it
needs a single-step incremental dist-upgrade.

-Steve.
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