#86: Add test coverage for text-mode upgrade
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Reporter: jlaska | Owner: rhe
Type: enhancement | Status: assigned
Priority: major | Milestone: Fedora 14
Component: Wiki | Version:
Resolution: | Keywords: retrospective
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Comment (by jlaska):
Replying to [comment:7 jlaska]:
> Replying to [comment:6 clumens]:
> > I can't think of anything, no.
>
> I reached out for additional thoughts on
[https://www.redhat.com/archives/anaconda-devel-
list/2010-September/msg00169.html anaconda-devel-list]. Maybe that will
help highlight differences between upgrade and skip ... or combine the two
options in the UI. Stay tuned ...
Chris provided a great breakdown on the differences between the 3
bootloader upgrade options (see https://www.redhat.com/archives/anaconda-
devel-list/2010-October/msg00036.html). I'm inclined to think using that
mail, we can distinguish between upgraded bootloader and skipped
bootloader by comparing the MBR (stage#1) with /boot/grub/stage1. If they
are equal, it was upgraded. If they are different, it was skipped.
The following command alone does '''not''' seem to be enough to do the
comparison. I suspect some fiddling may be required:
{{{
# dd if=/dev/vda of=/tmp/mbr bs=512 count=1
# md5sum /tmp/mbr /boot/grub/stage1
}}}
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