Bug 901353 - Fedup pre-upgrade preparation completed, "System Upgrade" in GRUB fails to write to FS
Summary: Fedup pre-upgrade preparation completed, "System Upgrade" in GRUB fails to wr...
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: fedup-dracut
Version: 18
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Will Woods
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-01-18 03:05 UTC by Brandon Verkamp
Modified: 2014-02-05 15:07 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2014-02-05 15:07:00 UTC
Type: Bug
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Attachments (Terms of Use)
Picture I took of my boot text. (2.47 MB, image/jpeg)
2013-01-18 03:05 UTC, Brandon Verkamp
no flags Details
/etc/fstab (657 bytes, text/plain)
2013-01-18 03:06 UTC, Brandon Verkamp
no flags Details
Most recent boot text (1.34 MB, image/jpeg)
2013-01-22 13:41 UTC, Brandon Verkamp
no flags Details

Description Brandon Verkamp 2013-01-18 03:05:24 UTC
Created attachment 681981 [details]
Picture I took of my boot text.

Description of problem: I'm upgrading from Fedora 18 Beta to Fedora 18 and the System Upgrade option doesn't appear to be working. The progress bar just pauses and when I press escape it shows me an error: "dracut-pre-pivot[368]: mkdir: cannot create directory '/sysroot/lib/modules/3.6.10-4.fc18.x86_64': Read-only file system" and then proceeds to show the same things but for 'mount' and 'failed to bind', obviously due to its inability to create the directory in the first place. In /etc/fstab all of my filesystems are type 'defaults', which /should/ imply not being read-only, yes?


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
fedup-0.7.1-1.fc18.noarch

How reproducible:
Every time I select the System Upgrade item

Steps to Reproduce:
0. Possess my particular FStable
1. Reboot computer
2. Select "System Upgrade" from GRUB menu
3. Fail to write to filesystem
  
Actual results:
Fails to write to filesystem, claiming it's read-only when fstab begs to differ.


Expected results:
System actually upgrades

Additional info: See attached text (my /etc/fstab)

Comment 1 Brandon Verkamp 2013-01-18 03:06:16 UTC
Created attachment 681982 [details]
/etc/fstab

Comment 2 Brandon Verkamp 2013-01-18 03:34:00 UTC
Unable to solve by changing the 'ro' text in the 'linux' line of the System Upgrade boot commands to either 'defaults' or 'rw'. Previous message does not show when I see the boot text, but all that is displayed is "Reached Plymouth Boot Screen", something else related to boot, and "Welcome to Fedora 18 (Spherical Cow)." In the time I've spent sitting there, nothing happens. Graphical progress bar stops as usual.

Comment 3 Brandon Verkamp 2013-01-22 13:41:48 UTC
Created attachment 685142 [details]
Most recent boot text

Comment 4 Fedora End Of Life 2013-12-21 10:29:56 UTC
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