I'm trying to follow the instructions on this topic (http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-upgrade-from-fedora-16-to-fedora-17-desktop-and-server) but I get the error below. It seems that the second mirrorlist path (below) has gone bad, since Fedora 17 has been end-of-lifed. What is the solution? How can I upgrade from 16 to 17? Please be specific in any instructions that you give (for example, "You should just install the XYZ tool" will be too vague). Thanks! preupgrade-cli "Fedora 17 (Beefy Miracle)" Loaded plugins: blacklist, langpacks, whiteout No plugin match for: rpm-warm-cache No plugin match for: remove-with-leaves No plugin match for: auto-update-debuginfo Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit preupgrade-main (mirrorlist) url: http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-17&arch=$basearch now: http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-17&arch=x86_64 preupgrade (mirrorlist) url: http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?path=pub/fedora/linux/releases/17/Fedora/$basearch/os/ now: http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?path=pub/fedora/linux/releases/17/Fedora/x86_64/os/ Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: preupgrade This could be caused by a missing network connection or a bad mirror.
Update - It seems like this should still be a valid mirror for Fedora 17: http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/releases/17/Fedora/x86_64/os/ True? If so, then how would I get preupgrade-cli to use a mirrorlist consisting of that specific URL?
Update - The key is getting 'archive' into the mirrorlist query path. In other words, this query does give a valid mirrorlist for Fedora 17: http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mi...ve/fedora/linux/releases/17/Fedora/x86_64/os/ So now I must figure out how to get preupgrade-cli to query for ?path=pub/archive/fedora/linux/releases/17/Fedora/$basearch/os/, rather than ?path=pub/fedora/linux/releases/17/Fedora/$basearch/os/ ... There is probably some config file someplace, that I'm supposed to change. If you happen know what it is, please let me know, thanks.
Update - I took the above mirrorlist contents, and put it into a new file: ./var/cache/yum/preupgrade/mirrorlist.txt Now preupgrade is going forward. It seems to want the same mirrorlist as before, but has found its contents in the yum cache. It is downloading packages as I type. Wish me luck! Or please warn ASAP if this is a mistake, haha!
I have Fedora 16 on on 32 bytes and I wand upgrade to 17 I create in /var/cache/yum/preupgrade/mirrorlist.txt witch contains:http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mi...hive/fedora/linux/releases/17/Fedora/i386/os/ but when execute preupgrade-cli "Fedora 17..." have some errors. Please help me?
thanks sflyjc. To make things clear: past the 4 lines of the pub archive link given upward into the file /var/cache/yum/preupgrade/mirrorlist.txt then run in su mode: preupgrade-cli "Fedora 17 (Beefy Miracle)" wait several hours
