F12 -> F14 Preupgrade Issue

[JB]

Dave Cross <davorg <at> gmail.com> writes:

> ...
> If it helps, my disk layout is as follows:
> 
> $ df
> Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
> /dev/sda5            100790004   8666260  87003832  10% /
> tmpfs                  4125644      3072   4122572   1% /dev/shm
> /dev/sda7            806346856 348886504 416500232  46% /data
> /dev/sda6            251977516 153278152  85899140  65% /home
> 

We need to understand how your system is partitioned and booted.
Give us output (unedited):
# fdisk -l
# uname -r
# cat /etc/grub.conf
# cat /proc/mounts

Now, to save some time, what is your understanding of:
- your primary boot loader (MBR) boots what (refer to distro/OS name and
  partition as in 'fdisk -l' output (/dev/sda?) ?
- the boot loader for your distro in question (/dev/sda5) - are you the primary
  (MBR) boot loader destination as above or are you a subordinate boot loader
  destination (that is, your boot loader was placed on your root partition) ?

JB