After preupgrade (F12 to F13) rebooted the system to the installer, I got an error message stating that /dev/sda5 can't be mounted to /mnt/sda5. Installation stopped, and rebooted to F12. I had to comment the following line in /etc/fstab and reboot to the upgrader to be able to upgrade. "UUID=4894-1460 /mnt/sda5 vfat user,umask=077,uid=500,codepage=852,iocharset=utf8,uni_xlate,showexec 0 0"
Please attach the complete error message, as well as /tmp/anaconda.log and /tmp/program.log to this bug report. Thanks.
Yeah, I _was_ looking for log files before reporting this bug, but I couldn't find anything useful (only /tmp/ks-script-On5XKf related to this upgrade: grubby --remove-kernel=/boot/upgrade/vmlinuz rm -rf /boot/upgrade /var/cache/yum/preupgrade*) Next time, when I upgrade Fedora to version 14, I will look for these files if I see this error again and reopen this bug. I just downloaded anaconda source, and looked for what I remember was the error message in po/hu.po. I'm fairly sure I've found it. #: storage/__init__.py:1990 #, python-format msgid "" "An error occurred mounting device %(path)s as %(mountpoint)s: %(msg)s. This " "is a fatal error and the install cannot continue.\n" "\n" "Press <Enter> to exit the installer." msgstr "" "A(z) %(path)s eszközt %(mountpoint)s helyre csatolása közben hiba történt: %" "(msg)s. Ez végzetes hiba, a telepítés nem folytatható.\n" "\n" "Nyomjon <Enter>-t a telepítőből való kilépéshez." %(path)s was /dev/sda5 %(mountpoint)s was /mnt/sda5 Alas, I don't remember %(msg)s, but I don't think it was something particularly specific (like unknown codepage, etc).
Thanks, the codepage bit is specific enough to tell me what's wrong. Next time you do an upgrade, you can temporarily work around it by removing the codepage= and iocharset= bits beforehand, then adding them back after upgrade. The problem here is that we don't have any of the NLS kernel modules in the anaconda initrd.
A meant I hadn't seen anything about the codepage (maybe I should have looked around in the other virtual consoles), it was just a guess. As this is not a Linux partition, I don't need it during the upgrade. Anaconda should let me continue the upgrade without mounting it. I've found a message that would be more appropriate: #: storage/__init__.py:1966 #, python-format msgid "" "An error occurred mounting device %(path)s as %(mountpoint)s. You may " "continue installation, but there may be problems." msgstr "" "A(z) %(path)s eszköz %(mountpoint)s pontra való becsatolása közben hiba " "történt. Folytathatja a telepítést, de további hibák léphetnek fel."
It's hard to know how to address this without knowing what the exact error message is.
Because you were so picky about the exact error message, I provide it now that I face the same bug at upgrading to F14. tail -1 anaconda.log: 06:26:03,012 DEBUG anaconda: isys.py:mount()- going to mount /dev/sda5 on /mnt/sysimage/mnt/sda5 as vfat with options user,umask=077,uid=500,codepage=852,iocharset=utf8,uni_xlate,showexec tail -1 dmesg [ 25.882310] FAT: codepage cp852 not found tail -6 program.log 06:26:03,015 INFO program: Running... /bin/mount -n -t vfat -o user,umask=077,uid=500,codepage=852,iocharset=utf8,uni_xlate,showexec /dev/sda5 /mnt/sysimage/mnt/sda5 06:26:03,035 ERR program: mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda5, missing codepage or helper program, or other error In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so I still claim it shouldn't be a fatal error, as I don't need that partition for upgrading.
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Same bug at upgrading F14 to F15.
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