Bug 174273 - "Upgrade existing install" option not present
Summary: "Upgrade existing install" option not present
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: 5
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team
QA Contact: Mike McLean
URL:
Whiteboard:
: 174326 (view as bug list)
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-11-27 01:50 UTC by david.hagood
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:11 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Last Closed: 2005-12-15 20:15:58 UTC
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Description david.hagood 2005-11-27 01:50:19 UTC
Description of problem:
There is no option to just upgrade a system without reformatting the system!

As it stands now, you get a choice of:

1) Destroy all partitions and install default layout.
2) Destroy all partitions but keep layout.
3) Destroy all partitions and use custom layout.
4) Don't destroy partitions, but then rather than figuring out how they are
mounted, force the user to re-enter the partition layout, and then bitch about
the fact that the partition sizes are somehow "incorrect" even though they are
perfectly fine for the currently installed system.



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
FC5-test 1

How reproducible:
Every time.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Take my server down
2. Boot from FC5 disk 1
  
Actual results:
Anaconda wants to destroy all my data.

Expected results:
Anaconda should figure out that there is an existing Fedora install and offer to
upgrade it.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2005-11-27 03:17:45 UTC
Yes, the fact that upgrades aren't currently working was mentioned right up
front in the release announcement.

Comment 2 Jeremy Katz 2005-11-28 01:24:58 UTC
*** Bug 174326 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***


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