Re: Cannot upgrade from FC6->F7. No upgrade option given in install screen.

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Thanks Jim for the idea.

Did that and still no option to install/upgrade, or detection of fc6 before the partition screen.

Regards,
Lou


On 6/3/07, Jim Cornette <fc-cornette@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Lou Spironello wrote:
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> Dear Group:
>
> I'm 'having difficulty upgrading from FC6->F7.   I used the F7 recuse
> CD  and the F7 DVD ISO in an attempt to
> do a hard disk upgrade.  The DVD ISO passes the mediacheck.
>
> I boot the F7 Rescue CD,  select the Install/upgrade from the initial
> screen.
>
> The "Searching for Installation" status box is displayed and then the
> partitioning screen is displayed
> with no option to select an upgrade install.   The following is a list
> of particulars for this machine:
>
> # pvscan
>            No matching physical volumes found
> # lvscan
>            No volume groups found
>
> # blkid
>
>     /dev/hda1: LABEL="/boot1"
>     UUID="d24b169a-8d91-4e9c-9821-205ac9cf0b42" SEC_TYPE="ext2"
>     TYPE="ext3"
>     /dev/hda2: LABEL="/" UUID="38e17b63-7a70-4d26-9b7c-e5cdda9064a1"
>     SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3"
>     /dev/hda3: LABEL="/usr1"
>     UUID="7bdfe636-fa05-4b00-8e64-1a7ca3cb41a9" SEC_TYPE="ext2"
>     TYPE="ext3"
>     /dev/hda5: LABEL="SWAP-hda5" TYPE="swap"
>     /dev/hda6: LABEL="/home"
>     UUID="9122da36-fcf9-482c-978e-14219f46d0ac" SEC_TYPE="ext2"
>     TYPE="ext3"
>     /dev/hdb: LABEL="rescue Disc" TYPE="iso9660"
>     /dev/hdc1: LABEL="hdc1"
>     UUID="d81d7541-80cf-404d-bc0d-21fda2473752" SEC_TYPE="ext2"
>     TYPE="ext3"
>     /dev/hdc2: LABEL="hdc2"
>     UUID="424d61f6-c4e9-43cb-bbf8-51eb38eea3b5" SEC_TYPE="ext2"
>     TYPE="ext3"
>     /dev/hdc3: LABEL="hdc3"
>     UUID="b54505bd-c8c3-401a-8708-c72b38552bb8" SEC_TYPE="ext2"
>     TYPE="ext3"
>     /dev/hdd1: LABEL="hdd1"
>     UUID="df29a431-ec30-4114-8202-035b0f6f3114" SEC_TYPE="ext2"
>     TYPE="ext3"
>     /dev/hdd2: LABEL="hdd2"
>     UUID="f28f151c-5963-48be-8281-1b674094c428" SEC_TYPE="ext2"
>     TYPE="ext3"
>     /dev/hdd3: LABEL="hdd3"
>     UUID="218acaa4-4778-4a9b-be33-18f3b3646396" SEC_TYPE="ext2"
>     TYPE="ext3"
>
> /etc/fstab
>
>     LABEL=/                 /                       ext3
>     defaults        1 1
>     LABEL=/boot1            /boot                   ext3
>     defaults        1 2
>     devpts                  /dev/pts                devpts
>     gid=5,mode=620  0 0
>     tmpfs                   /dev/shm                tmpfs
>     defaults        0 0
>     LABEL=/home             /home                   ext3
>     defaults        1 2
>     proc                    /proc                   proc
>     defaults        0 0
>     sysfs                   /sys                    sysfs
>     defaults        0 0
>     LABEL=/usr1             /usr                    ext3
>     defaults        1 2
>     LABEL=SWAP-hda5         swap                    swap
>     defaults        0 0
>     /dev/hdc1               /mnt/d1                 ext3
>     defaults        0 0
>     /dev/hdc2               /mnt/d2                 ext3
>     defaults        0 0
>     /dev/hdc3               /mnt/d3                 ext3
>     defaults        0 0
>     /dev/hdd1               /mnt/d4                 ext3
>     defaults        0 0
>     /dev/hdd2               /mnt/d5                 ext3
>     defaults        0 0
>     /dev/hdd3               /mnt/d6                 ext3
>     defaults        0 0
>
>
> fdisk -l /dev/hda
>
>     Disk /dev/hda: 163.9 GB, 163928604672 bytes
>     255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19929 cylinders
>     Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
>
>        Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
>     /dev/hda1   *           1          25      200781   83  Linux
>     /dev/hda2              26        6087    48693015   83  Linux
>     /dev/hda3            6088       12167    48837600   83  Linux
>     /dev/hda4           12168       19929    62348265    5  Extended
>     /dev/hda5           12168       12411     1959898+  82  Linux swap
>     / Solaris
>     /dev/hda6           12412       19929    60388303+  83  Linux
>
>
> Any ideas would be appreciated.
>
> Thank you.
> Regards,
> Lou

You might comment out the entries in fstab which reference /dev/hdx
devices. You seem to have labels for actual OS volumes so you should
then be able to change the other /dev/hdx entries to their proper
/dev/sdx references after the upgrade.

Jim

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