--- On Mon, 7/19/10, Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Patrick Bartek wrote: > > --- On Tue, 7/13/10, Peter Diercks <di-listen@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > >> I am running a server under F11. It is a remote > machine > >> which I have no > >> physical access to. It has a network connection. I > wanted > >> to upgrade to > >> F12 using preupgrade again, but this time I am > afraid I'll > >> run into > >> problems due to the size of /boot (194M, 153M free > space). > >> > >> > >> Does anybody know if this issue has been fixed? > > > > Not that I've heard. 500MB is still the "safe" > minimum (from what I've read) for /boot for preupgrading. > > > > Maybe, this will help: > > > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PreUpgrade > > > > FWIW: I've never had good luck with upgrading > Fedora. For that reason, I've always done clean > installs on separate partitions keeping the previous install > and setting up a dual boot in case things go wrong. > > > I normally hand configure storage, but on one old (FC6) > machine I had let the > installer do it, and a bunch of LVM stuff was used instead > of partitions. This > worked until I decided to replace the 64 bit FC6 with 64 > bit FC13. The install > went fine, and the old LVM stuff was still there, but it > wouldn't boot any more. > I copied the appropriate stanzas from the x86_FC6, and the > kernel gets loaded, > then it says it can't find the LVM parts to finish > booting. > > The pv (one partition) has x86_{boot,root}_fc6 and > x86_64_{boot,root}_fc13 LVs > on it. I can mount the fc6 LVs just fine, just can't boot. > > The moral of this story is that the O.P. really means > "separate partitions" not > some spare LVs you have. Very sad, I really wanted to run > both, since I have > some software which was not upgraded past FC6. Today's > warning. ;-) I don't use LVMs for the same reasons I don't "upgrade". After using Linux for 10 years, I've got partition sizes pretty much dialed-in, at least, for me, and always custom partition. I never let the installer decide. It always decides wrongly anyway. I never could see any advantage to LVMs (over "real" partitions) other than being able to resize them while they are mounted. B -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
