[relnotes] [Fedora Project Wiki] Update of "Docs/Beats/Installer" by DavidTimms

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labels for upgrade: incorporate additions from Tom Horsley and Bob Styma

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  ==== Disk partitions must be labelled ====
  
- A change in the way that the linux kernel handles storage devices means that device names like `/dev/hdX` or `/dev/sdX` may differ from the values used in earlier releases. Anaconda solves this problem by relying on partition labels. If these labels are not present, then '''Anaconda''' presents a warning indicating that partitions need to be labelled and that the upgrade can not proceed.
+ A change in the way that the linux kernel handles storage devices means that device names like `/dev/hdX` or `/dev/sdX` may differ from the values used in earlier releases. '''Anaconda''' solves this problem by relying on partition labels. If these labels are not present, then '''Anaconda''' presents a warning indicating that partitions need to be labelled and that the upgrade can not proceed.
  
  ===== To check disk partition labels =====
  
@@ -96, +96 @@

  For partitions that don't have a label, use:
  {{{ su -c 'e2label /dev/example f7-slash'   # ext2/3
  }}}
- For a vfat filesystem, use dosfslabel from package dosfstools, and for ntfs filesystem use ntfslabel from the ntfsprogs package. Do not reboot the machine without also updating the file system mount entries.
+ For a vfat filesystem, use dosfslabel from package dosfstools, and for ntfs filesystem use ntfslabel from the ntfsprogs package. Do not reboot the machine without also updating the file system mount entries, and the grub kernel root entry.
  
  ===== Update the file system mount entries =====
  
@@ -105, +105 @@

  su -c 'gedit /etc/fstab'
  }}}
  An example of a mount by label entry is:
- {{{ LABEL=/f7-slash  /  ext3  defaults  1 1   
+ {{{ LABEL=f7-slash  /  ext3  defaults  1 1   
+ }}}
+ 
+ ===== Update the grub.conf kernel root entry =====
+ 
+ If the label for the / (root) filesystem was modified, the kernel boot parameter in the grub configuration file also needs to be modified 
+ {{{ su -c 'gedit /boot/grub/grub.conf'
+ }}}
+ A matching example kernel grub line is:
+ {{{ kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.20-1.2948.fc6 ro root=f7-slash rhgb quiet
  }}}
  
  ===== Test changes made to labels =====
  
- If partition labels were adjusted, or the `/etc/fstab` file modified, then boot the existing Fedora installation to confirm that all partitions still mount normally. When complete, reboot the installation media to begin the installer.
+ If partition labels were adjusted, or the `/etc/fstab` file modified, then boot the existing Fedora installation to confirm that all partitions still mount normally and login is successful. When complete, reboot with the installation media to start the installer and begin the upgrade.
  
  ==== Upgrades versus fresh installations ====