Bug 753640

Summary: anaconda fails to detect installed system for upgrade
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Jan Andres <jandres>
Component: anacondaAssignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team <anaconda-maint-list>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 16CC: anaconda-maint-list, jonathan, vanmeeuwen+fedora
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Description Jan Andres 2011-11-13 22:38:21 UTC 
Description of problem:
anaconda doesn't detect my installed Fedora 15 system which I want to upgrade to Fedora 16. It behaves as if the existing installation wasn't there and only offers to do a new install.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
anaconda as distributed with Fedora 16 install media.

How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot from Fedora 16 install DVD
2. Proceed through installation up to the point where it should offer to do an upgrade

Alternatively, try to use preupgrade -- the installer will terminate complaining it cannot find the root of the installed system.
  
Actual results:
anaconda doesn't offer to upgrade the existing system

Expected results:
anaconda does offer to upgrade the existing system

Additional info:
I'm attaching a tar containing the anaconda logs as captured from the /tmp directory of the installer environment.
Comment 1 Jan Andres 2011-11-13 22:39:17 UTC 
Created attachment 533410 [details]
anaconda logs from installer environment's /tmp
Comment 2 Jan Andres 2011-11-13 22:42:13 UTC 
Ah, this information might be useful: The root of the installed Fedora 15 system is on /dev/sdb1 (plain partition, no md/LVM/whatever).
Comment 3 Chris Lumens 2011-11-14 01:05:42 UTC 
Do you have /var on a separate partition?
Comment 4 Jan Andres 2011-11-14 07:18:44 UTC 
Yes, /var is on partition /dev/sdb2.
Comment 5 Chris Lumens 2011-11-14 14:49:25 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 748119 ***