Description of problem: Trying to upgrade FC2 (SATA disk, swap is configured as /dev/hdg3 by previous (FC2t3 or FC2) install, the upgrade goes south. Commenting that entry in /etc/fstab fixes that. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Tried it once... Steps to Reproduce: 1.Configure swap partition on /dev/hdg3 [Beats me why it is there...] 2. 3. Actual results: Upgrade crashes Expected results: Smoth upgrade Additional info:
anaconda expects that your system is properly functioning before an upgrade (ie, all partitions and swap partitions trying to be mounted exist)
System _was_ working right with FC2, and the FC3t1 upgrade failed. Had to go back to FC2 (extreme breakage with LVM). And again, going back swap doesn't work: It is /dev/sdaX in FC3t1 and /dev/hdgX in FC2.
This is related to the a kernel update that was distributed on FC2. At some point, the kernel was updated to treat SATA drives as /dev/sd instead of /dev/hd. This update package was distributed with NO apparent logic for updating fstab entries. Presumably, FC3t1 has the same most-current kernel version which is causing the problem. The issue is that an updated kernel was released without ANY munging of the /etc/fstab file. This is properly an FC2 bug.