Hello, You should make a fresh install. Fedora 24 and 25 are the latest, Fedora 23 is already unsupported.
Cheers, Sylvia On 18 January 2017 at 18:48, Phil Neck <1nc0mun1c...@gmail.com> wrote: > Okay ... now I have your attention ... > > A funny thing happened to me the other day ... > > I tried upgrading a Fedora 22 VM which was running on about 30 different > VMware architectures to Fedora 23. All but a couple worked perfectly but a > couple (Both Dell servers) didn't. On these I can only describe what I was > seeing as '64-bitty' problems ... checksums failing ... that kind of thing. > > I then had the idea of trying to build the machine 'from scratch' using a > Fedora 25 CD image. Similar results ... the machines the original 22-23 > convertion worked on went fine, but the other two ... no dice. They > wouldn't even load beyond initial kernel boot and into install screen. > > I thought best to start at the bottom and work up, so spoke to Dell ... > they had no reports of problems with their machines and VMware (yeah ... I > know ... they never do ... but) > > Then spoke to VMWare to be told: > > ========================= > > "My name is gfdgfdgfdg and I will be working with you to resolve your > issue for Support Request 7657576576576. > > I understand from your case description that Fedora 25 64 bit VM won't > boot. > Please find the list of the supported OS on the ESXi host. Fedora is not > supported on ESXi but rather on Workstation and Fusion. > > https://partnerweb.vmware.com/comp_guide2/pdf/VMware_GOS_ > Compatibility_Guide.pdf > > If you are using Workstation or Fusion, please raise a case with the > concerned team to assist you however its not supported as a guest OS on > ESXi. > > Let me know if you have any questions or if we are good to close the case > for now. > > ========================== > > I appreciate that this note is low on technical facts (by design). because > I'm not really as as interested in the technical minucia of the problem, as > the more general situation. Can anyone explain what changed between FC22 > and FC23? What caused VMware to drop support? Is there any practical way > around this? > > I have hundreds of Fedora based VMs out there running versions from > 'stoneage' to the latest, all working fine EXCEPT those on the two machines > mentioned. > > I have a heck of a decision to make in the in the next few days, but it > sounds like its going to be RIP Fedora :( > > Any insight most gratefully appreciated > > Thanks > > Phil. > > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > >
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