A few missing items on your FAQ about using Yum to jump from FC6 to FC8 - websites - Fedora mailing-lists

26 Nov 2008


      You may have mentioned these someplace in the FAQ for using Yum to 
upgrade from FC6 to FC8, but I haven't found them after a few times 
through your WIKI.  I had to do the following in addition to the 
instructions posted on the site:
Things to do before you Yum upgrade from FC6 to FC8:
1.  Turn off  'yum-updatesd'  .
2.  Disable selinux by setting /etc/selinux/config  to 'disabled' and 
then reboot system.
3.  Locate a FC7 install disk for the next step after you upgrade.
Things to do after you Yum upgrade from FC6 to FC8:
1.  Boot the system using the FC7 install disk and select the 'rescue' 
option.
2.  Chroot /mnt/sysimage  and fix the /boot/grub/device.map file for the 
device name change (ie. hda -> sda).
3.  Make sure your disk labels are valid in /etc/fstab using 'e2label' 
on each /dev/sdX device and correct as required in the fstab by setting 
an absolute path ( ie. for swap ) or changing the disk label.
4.  Make the new initrd file for your new kernel using the newly 
corrected path/device information with 'mkinitrd  
/boot/initrd-<kernelver>.img  <kernelver>'
5.  Exit from the 'chroot''d environment and the rescue live session, 
while ejecting the CD/DVD FC7 image from the optical drive.
6.  Boot your upgraded system.
Thanks for your time and the work on the WIKI!  Please disregard this 
message if I've missed the part about performing these other steps.
Matt.