2 Dec 2001 (updated 2 Dec 2001 at 16:30 UTC)
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Well I spent most of yesterday updating (but not really
upgrading because I did a format) platinum (the sucs X
server) from a Ximianed RedHat 7.1 to a vanilla RedHat 7.2.
The main reasoning behind this as so that I could get some
practice at upgrading before I tried it on silver (which is
on RedHat 6.2). This was made all the more difficult because
I was
missing bits of information that were hard won the last time
it was upgraded.
The installation mostly consisted of backing up /etc/ to our
other server and then putting in the required network boot
disks.
Having said that I am especially fond of the way I
mounted the isos as directories on our ftp server and then
killed off the ftp connection so I could unmount the first
cd and mount the second cd in the same place, thus allowing
the installation to continue.
The major pitfall surfaced after I had gone back home At
around 11pm I received a mail saying that internet access to
certain sites was no longer working (and that the upgrade
was to blame. Incredibly perceptive users here). After doing
a painful remote X session to my computer back at home to
confirm the problem, I decided to check the logs
and found them full of can't find /lib/modules/2.4.7 errors.
After reading fxn's
reply to yesterday's rant about certification, I now
realise that I was approaching Advogato (gah I'm still
having trouble spelling that) in slightly the wrong
direction. More on that at a later date though...
It was about then that I remembered that I hadn't rebooted
after installing the newer kernel package.
After rebooting and not being able to connect to platinum
any more I came to the conclusion that maybe I should have
checked grub's configuration before I decided to reboot. It
was also about then that I decided that I'd had enough of
this and that I would go to bed.