Am 27.01.2012 14:33, schrieb Stijn Hoop: > Hi, > > thanks for the detailed instructions for testing. I am not sure > though, whether any of this is applicable on a system already running > rawhide? > > Reading this, I surmise that I have to do the following steps once > these packages hit rawhide. Can you comment on the correctness? > >> Currently installed systems need some manual steps to convert the >> current system to match the layout of rawhide/Fedora 17. After that, >> the system can continue to be updated with YUM as usual. > >> Download and install the most recent dracut package from rawhide: >> # yum --enablerepo=rawhide update dracut > > This will hit me soon automatically (as it is in rawhide proper, and I > update regularly). yes > >> Update the installed initramfs image for your current kernel, and >> instruct dracut to include the dracut module to convert your current >> filesystem: # dracut --force --add usrmove >> >> If dracut detects ‘rd.usrmove’ on the kernel command line at bootup, >> it starts the filesystem conversion of the root filesystem. >> >> Change the following kernel commandline parameter directly in the >> bootloader menu, which is shown during bootup, or edit the line >> in /etc/grub*.cfg. >> - remove “ro” >> - append “rw” to let dracut mount your root filesystem writeable >> - remove “rhgb” to hide the graphical bootsplash >> - append “rd.info” to get a more verbose output from dracut >> - append “rd.usrmove” to enable the /usr-move conversion script in >> dracut > > These two steps are needed as well, however... > >> - append “selinux=0” for now, because the relabeling in a converted >> F16 system does not seem to work properly at this moment > > ... do you know if this is applicable for a correctly labeled rawhide > as well? might be, please test :-) > >> Any files with conflicting names, which the conversion could not >> resolve, will be backed up to files named *.usrmove~ residing >> in /usr/lib, /usr/lib64, /usr/bin and /usr/sbin. > > Sidenote: should we file these as bugs? > >> After a successful conversion, revert the changes made to the kernel >> command line in the bootloader config file /etc/grub*.cfg. > > This step is needed. > >> SELinux relabelling should take effect after you rebooted your >> updated system and can take a long time (at least in a VM it takes >> insanely long and is still not finished). We are currently >> investigating, what seem to take so long, so you might consider to >> test with SELinux disabled for now. > > Again, is this only for hosts based on F16? might be. please test. > >> Until the rawhide repository gets all the converted rpms, use the >> f17-usrmove repository to update the system after the filesystem >> conversion and disable rawhide in the >> file /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-rawhide.repo > > When the tag hits rawhide proper, I assume this can be skipped? Yes, we will announce this, if we move the tag after the testing. > > Can I update dracut now, and wait for the rest of the tag to hit > rawhide before adding the rd.usrmove flag? sure > > Regards, > > --Stijn -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
