I have Fedora 17 installed, using grub2, and have grub2 installed in the /boot partition and not in the MBR. I have a multi-boot manager ( Acronis OSS ) in the MBR. Everything is working fine.
As I understand it I must use FedUp in fedora 17 to upgrade to Fedora 18 since the install DVD can no longer upgrade. If I use FedUp will it work in my setup, ie. the software will know to update its boot code in the /boot partition and not in the MBR ? Do I have to re-install the Fedora 18 grub2 in the /boot partition or does FedUp do it for me ? Are there any other upgrade issues for my setup ?
Am 21.01.2013 00:51, schrieb Edward Diener:
I have Fedora 17 installed, using grub2, and have grub2 installed in the /boot partition and not in the MBR. I have a multi-boot manager ( Acronis OSS ) in the MBR. Everything is working fine.
As I understand it I must use FedUp in fedora 17 to upgrade to Fedora 18 since the install DVD can no longer upgrade. If I use FedUp will it work in my setup, ie. the software will know to update its boot code in the /boot partition and not in the MBR ? Do I have to re-install the Fedora 18 grub2 in the /boot partition or does FedUp do it for me ? Are there any other upgrade issues for my setup?
upgrades typically do NOT touch GRUB at all if you want to update GRUB you have to do this always at your own
means: he update bring only the new packages and commands
You can also upgrade using yum... which right now appears the only tested way to do it.
On 1/20/2013 6:51 PM, Edward Diener wrote:
I have Fedora 17 installed, using grub2, and have grub2 installed in the /boot partition and not in the MBR. I have a multi-boot manager ( Acronis OSS ) in the MBR. Everything is working fine.
As I understand it I must use FedUp in fedora 17 to upgrade to Fedora 18 since the install DVD can no longer upgrade. If I use FedUp will it work in my setup, ie. the software will know to update its boot code in the /boot partition and not in the MBR ? Do I have to re-install the Fedora 18 grub2 in the /boot partition or does FedUp do it for me ? Are there any other upgrade issues for my setup ?
The title should be: Updating from Fedora 17 to Fedora 18 using FedUp and grub2
On 1/20/2013 7:19 PM, Reindl Harald wrote:
Am 21.01.2013 00:51, schrieb Edward Diener:
I have Fedora 17 installed, using grub2, and have grub2 installed in the /boot partition and not in the MBR. I have a multi-boot manager ( Acronis OSS ) in the MBR. Everything is working fine.
As I understand it I must use FedUp in fedora 17 to upgrade to Fedora 18 since the install DVD can no longer upgrade. If I use FedUp will it work in my setup, ie. the software will know to update its boot code in the /boot partition and not in the MBR ? Do I have to re-install the Fedora 18 grub2 in the /boot partition or does FedUp do it for me ? Are there any other upgrade issues for my setup?
upgrades typically do NOT touch GRUB at all if you want to update GRUB you have to do this always at your own
I don't want to update grub2. I just want the update to work with whatever grub2 is being installed.
means: he update bring only the new packages and commands
So if a new grub2 is installed I need to re-initialize it ? I will follow the instructions at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GRUB_2.
Thanks for your help.
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Alan Cox -
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Reindl Harald