[Yum] preupgrade stuck

[Seth Vidal]

On Thu, 23 Apr 2009, Gerry Reno wrote:

> Seth Vidal wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, 23 Apr 2009, Gerry Reno wrote:
>> 
>>> Yes, anaconda puts the system into about the same as "rescue mode" and 
>>> then performs the operations there. But that is why I thought that the 
>>> upgrade could be completed from rescue mode because it is very similar if 
>>> not exactly similar to how anaconda handles the upgrade.
>> 
>> Anaconda does a lot of things other than that, too. Especially in post.
>> 
>> -sv
> I can't leave this machine stuck like this. I have to try something from 
> rescue mode to get the upgrade completed. I know anaconda has to do some post 
> tasks but probably the biggest one is just straightening out the bootloader 
> and then removing the install kernel and install.img from /upgrade. I can't 
> see where it needs to do any more than that.
>

How about figuring out why it won't boot into anaconda for the preupgrade 
to begin with?

-sv