Re: F17 on AWS EC2

Robyn Bergeron <rbergero@xxxxxxxxxx> · Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:27:28 -0700



    On 02/21/2012 02:49 PM, Joseph VLcek wrote:
    I am trying to upgrade an AWS EC2 f16 to f17 following
      these instructions:
      
        http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading_Fedora_using_yum#Fedora_16_-.3E_Fedora_17
      
      
      I start with AMI:  ami-0316d86a as listed here:
      https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Cloud_SIG/EC2_Images
      

      The instructions describe:
      "Change the
          following kernel commandline parameter directly in the
          bootloader menu, which
      is shown
          during bootup, or edit the line in /etc/grub*.cfg to remove ro
          and rhgb and append rw
      rd.info
          rd.convertfs enforcing=0"
      

      However
            /etc/grub*.cfg is empty:
      
            [root@domU-12-31-39-04-F1-72 etc]# file /etc/grub2.cfg
            /etc/grub2.cfg: symbolic link to
              `../boot/grub2/grub.cfg'
            [root@domU-12-31-39-04-F1-72 etc]# file
              ../boot/grub2/grub.cfg 
            ../boot/grub2/grub.cfg: empty
            

            Am I doing something wrong?
            

            How can one get a f17 EC2 instance?
            

            Thanks in advance for any help/suggestions.
            

            Joe VLcek
          
    
    Hi Joe,

    
    Thanks for your note.

    
    I think the main thing to note here is that the instructions you're
    looking at aren't necessarily geared towards EC2 - EC2 has some
    subtle differences (including around grub) that may be making these
    instructions slightly incompatible for upgrading from F16 to F17 on
    EC2. 

    
    As you probably saw, the notes say that F17 isn't out yet - and
    that's still the case, of course.  We're expecting F17 Alpha to land
    next week on Tuesday (barring any unforeseen delays), and I expect
    that we'll be uploading the F17 Alpha to EC2 as well. 

    
    In the interim, a few notes to everyone on list:

    
    * Can someone more technical than me (that would be most readers of
    this list, teehee) give a slightly better explanation or etc. as to
    what might be going on here for Joe?

    
    * Could someone perhaps look into the page referenced
    (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading_Fedora_using_yum#Fedora_16_-.3E_Fedora_17
    ) and seeing about (a) if those steps *should* be compatible with
    EC2, and (b) if not, figure out if we should have some sort of note
    on there saying "this doesn't apply to EC2, please go $here ... and
    (c) figure out the $here part? :D

    
    -Robyn

    
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