Description of Problem: If /etc/fstab contains LVM and/or SMB filesystems when upgrading fra 7.3 to 8.0 the installer reports something to the wording of "Your systesm /etc/fstab contains filesystems which cannot be mounted properly. Please reboot and fix the problem." I'm not sure if this applies to both the filesystem residing on LVM and the one with SMBFS, but I commented out those entries and I managed to upgrade. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Have a RH 7.3 installation with something like this in the /etc/fstab //luke/C /mnt/luke/C smbfsrw,uid=ft,gid=ftgr,username=ft,password=xxxx 0 0 #/dev/vg1/opt /opt ext2 defaults 1 5 2. 3. Actual Results: Expected Results: Additional Information: This has been like this at least the three last uprades I have done and is really anoying since the installer is actually rebooting. A nice thing would be to just let me know, let med fix it and tries again. An even nicer thing would be just to ignore it since the filesystems in question did not containg any files relevant to the upgrade.
Argh..... Steps to Reproduce: 1. Have a RH 7.3 installation with something like this in the /etc/fstab //luke/C /mnt/luke/C smbfs rw,uid=ft,gid=ftgr,username=ft,password=xxxx 0 0 /dev/vg1/opt /opt ext2 defaults 1 5 2. Upgrade to RH 8.0 3. Voila
I'm guessing this is due to the SMB filesystem and not the logical volume. I'll try to test that shortly
I can't reproduce this at all here -- can you try commenting out one at a time to verify that it's one or the other?
I tried upgrading again and reproduced the problem. Having the SMB filesystem in the fstab works fine. It's the LVM which causes trouble. The exact warning is "One or more of the file systems listed in the /etc/fstab on your Linux system cannot be mounted. Please fix this problem and try to upgrade again." This happens right after I select "select indivdual packages" (or something like that).
Are there any messages on tty3 or tty4 about the volume group?
There's plenty of messages.. :) LVM version 1.0.3(19/02/2002) module loaded : : kjounrlad starting: Commit intervals 5 seconds EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.18, 14 May 2002 on ide0(3,2) EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode The three messages are repeated for: ide0(3,65), ide1(22,1), sd(8,11), ide0(3,65). Before pressing "next" on "select indivdual packages" I did a: > mount /dev/vg1/opt /opt mount: Mounting /dev/vg1/opt on /opt failed: No such device or address However, doing a: > vgchange -a y > mount /dev/vg1/opt /opt resulted in a successfull mount.
There were some bugs with LVM-related upgrade cases that are fixed in our newer code base, which is probably why I can't reproduce it now.
This is still a problem with RH9. I upgraded from RH8.0 wih LVM in /opt (as above). This resulted in a very similar error as above. Commenting out the LVM fs from /etc/fstab is a workaround. At least is should be possible to back and try again when experiencing this error. This way the user can edit /etc/fstab without having to reboot first.
I'm having this problem when upgrade to Shrike / RH9. I stripped all LVM related things from my /etc/fstab and it seemd like it was working (other than the fact that /usr and /var are on LVM). So, once I added /var and /usr to /etc/fstab, I get the error message about "One or more of the file systems listed in the /etc/fstab on your Linux system cannot be mounted. Please fix this problem and try to upgrade again." The frustrating parts are: - It doesn't tell me which ones can't be mounted. Please list which filesystems couldn't be mounted to make troubleshooting easier. This seems like a reasonable request. - If I go to another virtual terminal, then I can mount filesystems just fine. What's up? Please help, MJ
This should be better in newer releases