Alan,

On Fri, 6 May 2005, Alan J. Flavell wrote:

> I've just updated a laptop from SL303 to SL4 using the corresponding 
> boot.iso CD, and networked files.  This is the first attempt here with 
> SL4.

I assume you did a "upgrade" with the boot.iso cd.

> 
> After the upgrade, I find that yum no longer works.  It appears to 
> have the old /etc/yum.conf from the 303 installation.

We will research this.

> 
> I don't see this problem reported in quite this form on the list.
> Was it something I did wrong, or is this a known issue?  
> 
> I tried "yum update yum" to see if it would help, but it didn't.
> (It too was looking into the 303 repository for things that aren't 
> there).
> 
> What's the proper way to get back into synch, please?

Manually download the yum-conf rpm from the tree , or get it off the 
cdrom.  Verify that you have the new yum rpm.

> 
> 
> [Just as an aside, the IBM R40e has to be booted with acpi=off, or it 
> hangs during the boot process.  This applies to the installer 
> (boot.iso) as well as to the installed kernel.]
> 

-Connie Sieh