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Fedora 15 install was an absolute mess - how do I roll back or fix w/o losing files?
The title explains it all. I'm having issues with grub, cifs, NetworkManager, nfs, etc etc. It seems restricted to the 2.6.38.6-27.fc15.i686 kernel, and I'm not really sure what to do here. I don't want to lose any of my files.
I'm seeing core dump after core dump, and that's just the tip of the iceberg. Is Fedora 15 known to be a mess or am I just having an unlucky install? How do I roll back without losing all of my settings? Ideally, I'd like to try again and hope that I'll be successful the next time around. |
Back up your files and then re-install.
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The main source of my woes is NetworkManager. Sometimes it starts up, sometimes it doesn't. More importantly is this mess which is affecting other users with NFS shares; in my case, it's cifs mounts via NTFS/Windows. I suspect if I reinstall, I need to reinstall Fedora 14 as Fedora 15 seems pretty unstable. |
from your post, it seems you installed Fedora 15 on top of an older fedora install.
Every time I've done this it's been a mess. people tell you it works, but in my experience, I've always ended up with an unstable system. So what I do now is: backup my home directory erase the disk install the new Fedora restore my backup in /home/old-account directory create a new account pull documents from /home/old-account into my new account, except settings. pull a few settings files that I don't want to recreate manually: gnote database, firefox bookmarks and passwords, network manager wifi data (keys etc ...). It's more work, but it works perfectly each time, compared to almost always failing using upgrade path. |
On every system I own I use a separate partition for /home. Including this Fedora.
As an experiment I used preupgrade to go from F13 to F14 - first time I'd used it. Worked a treat. Today, after seeing this (and other) threads about F15 troubles, decided it was about time to upgrade again. Downloaded the liveCD, and was planning a total replacement (keeping /home) to see how that worked. No-go; btrfs is now apparently no longer a boot option for the liveCD. Didn't feel like pulling the DVD, so did a preupgrade again instead. Worked a treat. Don't know how/why people have so much trouble with it. And yes, I'm anal about backups, so it wouldn't really have mattered if it had all gone to hell in a handbasket. Edit: forgot to mention this system is chain-loaded from the Win7 loader. All updated (automatically) without any problems. The menu.lst still contains my customised entries from F14. |
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I actually have separate partitions for /var, /boot, and /home, so that's no matter... though I guess I need to try again. Looks like that's the only choice I have. Bummer. Still, with all the issues I'm reading about that consistently are sending me to Bugzilla pages, I can't help but wonder if Fedora 15 was rolled out haphazardly without thorough testing. |
I have ceased to use the pre upgrade option, I have a custom layout for my partitions, which I create with Parted Magic. When you upgrade, re-format your root partition, then see how it goes. I find Professor Kriehn's website very useful.
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Do a fresh clean new install after formatting the drive to ext4
ten use the back up to move the backed up data over ( data only ) fedora14 config files will mostly not work in 15 consider a "upgrade" using preupgrade as a possible "way around"/"cheat" from doing the RECOMMENDED clean NEW install. |
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plz tell me steps to configure internet on OEL plz step by step |
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1) DO NOT and i mean DO NOT !!!! hijack a thread with a 100% different and off topic question !!!!! 2) DO NOT and i mean DO NOT !!!! use "textspeek"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! u is NOT =you plz is NOT = Please 3) start a new thread and USE CORRECT ENGLISH |
no offense
but i was just looking for help from guys having in depth knowledge in linux. But i agree to "not to hijack" thanks anyway just a newbie so take it easy. Also help me if you can thanks in advance |
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