From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.78 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.9-31tau i686) Description of problem: Upgrading a system running 7.2 to 7.3 that uses LVM for all partitions except root. During the install process, after selecting =upgrade=, it mounts the root under /mnt/sysimage but then fails to mount the other partitions, and the install fails with a pop-up message about not being able to mount /archive (one of my partitions) and that it is probably not formatted. The problem, seen earlier in the install sequence on the F3 screen, is that the install goes to load a list of modules, all of which load successfully *except* for xfs, jfs and lvm-mod. I don't care about xfs or jfs, but I need lvm-mod. Can you provide a replacement drivers diskette w/lvm-mod, or just instruct me where to obtain/place the module in the install disks, I can proceed from there. I tried to insert the lvm-mod.o that comes with the full kernel RPM into a drivers diskette modules.cgz, but it can't load due to unsatisified kernel symbol references. Another idea is to somehow rebuild the vmlinuz image on the install floppy with LVM support compiled in. I submitted this bug thru paid-for support, and Philip Morales of Red Hat closed it and said to open it here where the developers would see it. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. upgrade a Red Hat 7.2 with a single LVM partition Additional info: The lvm-mod.o file is only 49KB and there is over 100KB free on the drivers diskette.
LVM is not supported in the installer for Red Hat Linux 7.3. Just adding the module is, sadly, not nearly enough to get LVM upgrades working.
Thanks, katzj. Before you close this issue could you append just a _few_ lines of what the problem areas are, as I'll need to manually upgrade my sys then. Just tips for what I can expect to run into to...