Bug 97229
| Summary: | RedHat Installer doesn't warn that an old version can't safely be upgraded. | ||
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| Product: | [Retired] Red Hat Linux | Reporter: | Joe Zeff <sidebrnz> |
| Component: | installer | Assignee: | Jeremy Katz <katzj> |
| Status: | CLOSED NOTABUG | QA Contact: | Brock Organ <borgan> |
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | medium | ||
| Version: | 9 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | i686 | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
| Doc Text: | Story Points: | --- | |
| Clone Of: | Environment: | ||
| Last Closed: | 2003-07-14 16:42:59 UTC | Type: | --- |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |
| Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |
| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
| Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |
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What version of the redhat-release package did you have installed? The origanal report states quite clearly that I had RedHat 6.0 installed. What is unclear about this? With the version of the redhat-release package shipped there installed? Closing due to inactivity. Please reopen if you have additional information to add to this report. |
Description of problem: Trying to upgrade any version of RedHat below 6.2 will fail, trashing your system, but the installer doesn't warn you. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): RedHat 6, and installer to upgrade to 9. How reproducible: Very Steps to Reproduce: 1.Install RedHat 6 2.Try to upgrade to 9 in one step. 3. Actual results: The partition containing /usr had its superblock corrupted to the point that I doubt I'll ever recover t. Expected results: Either a successful upgrade or, at worst, refusal of the installer to try. Additional info: Now, the rescue function on your install CD crashes while trying to load, because it can't read the partition. It doesn't even get to the point of asking if I want the filesystems scanned or mounted