On Tue, 2009-11-24 at 22:53 +0300, Andrew Junev wrote: > > Hello All, > > > I tried to upgrade my old machine running Fedora Core 8 to the shiny > > new Fedora 12 using 'preupgrade'. I know this isn't a recommended > > method, but I thought I would still try - as it went just fine on a > > test machine with a similar configuration. > > > I have 4 disks on my main machine: 2x200Gb are mirrored (RAID1) using > > a cheap Promise controller card (they were still visible as separate > > disks in FC8: /dev/sda and /dev/sdb), and other 2x1Tb drives are > > connected directly to the motherboard (/dev/sdc and /dev/sdd). > > > Everywhere LVM is used (well, it was almost a default install of Fedora 8). > > My system was on /dev/sda (or /dev/sdb, which is basically the same). > > Two terabyte drives were used as data-disks only. > > > > Within my old system, 'preupgrade' ran without visible errors. Then I > > restarted the system, adding 'upgradeany' parameter in grub (otherwise > > it won't find a target drive - same was on the test machine as well). > > > My boot options in grub look like this: > > > kernel /upgrade/vmlinuz preupgrade > > repo=hd::/var/cache/yum/preupgrade > > stage2=hd:UUID=<probably a disk ID in LVM>:/upgrade/install.img > > ks=hd:UUID=<same UUID as before>:/upgrade/ks.cfg upgradeany > > > > It booted to the upgrade image and notified me that it can't > > initialize /dev/sda and /dev/sdb, which are (according to the > > error message) 1Tb each! So it says that it couldn't initialize my > > data drives - Ok, I thought that I could deal with that later. > > So I ignored the message and then got next error: > > > "Unable to read package metadata... > > <skip> > > Cannon retrieve repository metadata (repmod.xml) for repository: > > anaconda-InstallationRepo-200911081854.i386. Please verify its path > > and try again." > > > > I searched for the file and it's actually at: > > > /mnt/sysimage/var/cache/yum/ > > > But that's probably not where installer expects it to be... > > > Here's output of df -k (copied it by hand, sorry for a bad > > spacing): > > > > Filesystem Used Available Mounted on > > /dev 204 508876 /dev > > none 119076 390004 /tmp > > /dev/loop0 118912 0 /mnt/runtime > > /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 > > 3808856 23013188 /mnt/sysimage > > /dev/mapper/pdc_eceihagjhp1 > > 164366 20037 /mnt/sysimage/boot > > /dev 204 508876 /mnt/sysimage/dev > > /dev/tmpfs 0 509080 /mnt/sysimage/dev/shm > > /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol02 > > 4756984 145787384 /mnt/sysimage/storage > > > > Looks like my filesystem is somehow mounted, although I'm not sure if > > I should also have 'VolGroup00-LogVol01' somewhere as well... > > > > > > As my installation couldn't continue, I decided to 'exit installer' > > and reboot to my previous system. But my old system is now not > > available as well. It starts to boot, shows something regarding LVM > > (like it found a drive) and then shows a lot of lines: > > > /bin/sh invalid option --n > > > and stops with a login prompt. I can't login either - after I enter a > > username it waits for some seconds and then brings a new login > > prompt again... > > > Well, I know I did something wrong, and I don't know what it is. But I > > would really like to bring my system back - either in Fedora 12 or > > Fedora 8. Is there a way to do it, without reinstalling the whole > > system from scratch (there are some valuable data, especially on the > > 1Tb drives)...? > > > > I apologise for such a messy description. If there's anything I can > > provide or clarify - let me know how I could do it. > > > I would really appreciate any hints on how to get my system back... > > > > Update: now while trying to boot to an old FC8, I get an error: > > > /sbin/init: error while loading shared libraries: /lib/libsepol.so.1: > invalid ELF header > Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! > > > Doesn't look good... :-( > > I would prefer to continue with an upgrade to F12 if possible, but I > don't know how to do it and I'm not sure it is possible at all... ---- shut down the system and disconnect the 2 1-TB drives to ensure that they are not involved Download and boot from Fedora 12 installation DVD and install as update. After getting good boot, shutdown and reconnect the drives and if necessary boot from installation DVD in rescue mode, chroot to /mnt/sysimage and 'grub-install /dev/sda' again. Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
