Bug 825092

Summary: Fedora 17 DVD upgrade delivers an unusable system
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Panos Kavalagios <Panos.Kavalagios>
Component: anacondaAssignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team <anaconda-maint-list>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 17CC: anaconda-maint-list, dcantrell, g.kaviyarasu, jonathan, jones.peter.busi, vanmeeuwen+fedora
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Last Closed: 2012-05-25 19:21:20 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Flags
Old F16 kernel is loaded after upgrade
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Plymouth text graphics still advertise Fedora 16
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The system hangs at this screen when boot is over
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Shutdown or reboot cause a kernel panic
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Contents of /var/log/anaconda none

Description Panos Kavalagios 2012-05-25 05:47:41 UTC 
Description of problem: Multiple problems have been identified after a successfully DVD upgrade of Fedora 16 to Fedora 17 using Fedora 17 Beta DVD installation media Fedora-17-Beta-i386-DVD.iso.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): anaconda F17 beta


How reproducible: Upgrade your Fedora 16 with the DVD option


Steps to Reproduce:
1. DVD boots OK and it selects to upgrade you F16
2. After installation is over, you are prompted to reboot
3. Press the reboot button
  
Actual results: The new system boots the old F16 kernel (fedora17-dvd-upgrade-kernel.png), the booting process when stopped (fedora17-dvd-upgrade-startup.png) it does not provide you any way to log in. No graphical KDM is available (OK for that you need guest additions probably), but neither text login propmpt. Pressing Alt-F2 does not switch to any virtual console.


Expected results: You should be able to log in to the system at least in a text console.


Additional info: If you try to issue a shutdown signal or a ctrl-alt-del sequence, the upgraded system produces a kernel panic (fedora17-dvd-upgrade-panic.png). Plymouth text graphics continue to advertise the system as Fedora 16 (fedora17-dvd-upgrade-plymouth.png).
Comment 1 Panos Kavalagios 2012-05-25 05:49:25 UTC 
Created attachment 586759 [details]
Old F16 kernel is loaded after upgrade
Comment 2 Panos Kavalagios 2012-05-25 05:50:47 UTC 
Created attachment 586760 [details]
Plymouth text graphics still advertise Fedora 16
Comment 3 Panos Kavalagios 2012-05-25 05:52:31 UTC 
Created attachment 586761 [details]
The system hangs at this screen when boot is over

There is no way to log in to the system. Neither graphical nor text. The login prompt is vanished.
Comment 4 Panos Kavalagios 2012-05-25 05:53:57 UTC 
Created attachment 586762 [details]
Shutdown or reboot cause a kernel panic

A three-finger salutation (ctrl-alt-del) or shutdown signal causes the system to emit a kernel exception.
Comment 5 Panos Kavalagios 2012-05-25 06:11:57 UTC 
Created attachment 586764 [details]
Contents of /var/log/anaconda

Hopefully, I was able to boot in single user mode. In the attached zip archive anaconda.zip you may find /var/log/anaconda logs for further investigation. I haven't noticed any problem in the logs and the only weird things is that the system reports no F17 PAE kernel installed (rpm -qa). Either F17 is shipped with no kernel (unlikely scenario :)) or anaconda didn't force a kernel upgrade.
Comment 6 Jesse Keating 2012-05-25 19:21:20 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 820351 ***