Bug 243564
| Summary: | F7 fails to update fron FC6 | ||
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| Product: | [Fedora] Fedora | Reporter: | Nigel Horne <njh> |
| Component: | anaconda | Assignee: | Martin Sivák <msivak> |
| Status: | CLOSED CANTFIX | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | urgent | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | low | ||
| Version: | 7 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | i686 | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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| Clone Of: | Environment: | ||
| Last Closed: | 2007-09-20 15:56:50 UTC | Type: | --- |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
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| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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Description
Nigel Horne
2007-06-09 20:26:14 UTC
What does the /etc/fstab file on your FC6 installation look like? LABEL=/ / ext3 noatime 1 1 LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 noatime 1 2 /dev/devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 /dev/shm /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/winxp vfat uid=500,rw,nosuid,dev,exec,noatime,umask=000,shortname=winnt 0 0 /dev/hdb1 /mnt/win2 vfat uid=500,rw,nosuid,dev,exec,noatime,umask=000,shortname=winnt 0 0 /dev/proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/sys /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hdb2 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/sda5 /mnt/openbsd ufs ufstype=44bsd,ro 0 0 LABEL=/dev/hda6 /usr ext3 noatime 1 2 Try to substitue all "/dev/hdXX" entries in /etc/fstab with "/dev/sdXX" and then boot the install disk. Wouldn't that clash with my scsi disc? LABEL=/ / ext3 noatime 1 1 LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 noatime 1 2 /dev/devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 /dev/shm /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/winxp vfat uid=500,rw,nosuid,dev,exec,noatime,umask=000,shortname=winnt 0 0 /dev/hdb1 /mnt/win2 vfat uid=500,rw,nosuid,dev,exec,noatime,umask=000,shortname=winnt 0 0 /dev/proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/sys /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hdb2 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/sda5 /mnt/openbsd ufs ufstype=44bsd,ro 0 0 # /dev/hda6 /mnt/freebsd ufs ufstype=5xbsd,ro 0 0 LABEL=/home /home ext3 noatime 1 2 LABEL=/usr /usr ext3 noatime 1 2 This happened because of kernel change (my guess is the libata became default), so I'm really not able to do anything about it except to advice you to change the /etc/fstab as mentioned before. And yes, it will share the /dev/sdXX namespace with your existing SCSI device, so make sure you use correct device names. Fedora 7 and further versions now use only the sdXX devices. So, if I change /dev/hda1 to /dev/sda1, what do I do to /dev/sda5? Does it now become /dev/sdc5? What a mess :-( It depends on the specific setup you have there, but it is possible. The best solution is to use labels, then you won't have to worry about specific device names. This information is present in release notes too: http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/f7/en_US/sn-Installer.html#Upgrade-Related-Issues I commented out the SCSI disc (since that's of secondary use) to see if that would help. But is doesn't, now the program says: Error Enabling Swap Device hdb2: no such file or directory The /etc/fstab on your upgrade system does not reference a valid swap partition Press OK to reboot your system. Why was I not given an option by the program to tell it where to find the swap partition, and why it didn't scan the partitions on the system to find it automatically. |