Gerry Reno wrote:
Seth Vidal wrote:
On Thu, 23 Apr 2009, Gerry Reno wrote:
Seth Vidal wrote:
On Thu, 23 Apr 2009, Gerry Reno wrote:
Yes, anaconda puts the system into about the same as "rescue mode"
and then performs the operations there. But that is why I thought
that the upgrade could be completed from rescue mode because it is
very similar if not exactly similar to how anaconda handles the
upgrade.
Anaconda does a lot of things other than that, too. Especially in
post.
-sv
I can't leave this machine stuck like this. I have to try something
from rescue mode to get the upgrade completed. I know anaconda has
to do some post tasks but probably the biggest one is just
straightening out the bootloader and then removing the install
kernel and install.img from /upgrade. I can't see where it needs to
do any more than that.
How about figuring out why it won't boot into anaconda for the
preupgrade to begin with?
-sv
Yes, I already know why. I was able to check the program.log from the
/tmp ramdisk in the ctrl-alt console and it is failing to assemble the
raid arrays because of a bad argument ot mdadm. It is trying to
assemble "/dev/md/0" instead of "/dev/md0" and the assembly fails,
therefore the volume groups fail, therefore the filesystems cannot
mount and then it reports that it cannot find the root of the existing
installation. I put all this in the bug:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=496258
If you look in the logs you'll see where I had to copy and modify the
bootloader line for the Upgrade to Rawhide entry. I had to use NFS in
order for anaconda to find the kickstart file. Otherwise anaconda hits
the other bug that I filed where it cannot find the kickstart file even
when you give it the proper device and path. This may also be due to it
being located on a raid array. Anyway, using NFS got by that problem and
then I ran into the next problem where it was trying to assemble the
raid arrays using the wrong names.
Regards,
Gerry
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