Bug 242542
Summary: | unlabeled filesystem in /etc/fstab aborts upgrade | ||
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Product: | [Fedora] Fedora | Reporter: | Tom Wood <woodt> |
Component: | anaconda | Assignee: | Anaconda Maintenance Team <anaconda-maint-list> |
Status: | CLOSED CANTFIX | QA Contact: | |
Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
Priority: | low | ||
Version: | 7 | ||
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Hardware: | All | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
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Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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Last Closed: | 2007-06-04 19:07:16 UTC | Type: | --- |
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Description
Tom Wood
2007-06-04 18:58:38 UTC
The problem is that without referencing the partitions by label, there is no way at all to map from the old device name to the new device name. All we can do is catch the case and tell you that you need to use labels or something else that is actually persistent to the disk/filesystem. CANTFIX? Odd. The labeling was added at some point in Fedora's evolution. That required some search and replace logic... I've also found another machine that's been around for a while with the same issue, namely all filesystems labeled except for swap. I'll have to "mkswap -L" it too before upgrading. And what's so hard about substituting sd for hd references in the /mnt/sysimage/etc/fstab file once anaconda gets to it? Or looking for swap partitions? That's not so hard I'd think. I'll freely admit that there may be edge cases here, but... Also, documentation needs to be updated to disallow the use of non-labeled filesystems for any and all filesystems that will be touched by anaconda. Ironic, isn't it, that anaconda can't eat its own dog food. |