F12 -> F14 Preupgrade Issue

Dave Cross davorg at gmail.com
Sat Nov 6 17:21:24 UTC 2010


On 6 November 2010 14:35, JB <jb.1234abcd at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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

Disk /dev/sda: 1500.3 GB, 1500301910016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 182401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xb8000000

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1               1           9       72261   de  Dell Utility
/dev/sda2              10        1264    10078208    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3            1264        7638    51201323    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda4            7639      182401  1403783797+   5  Extended
/dev/sda5   *        7639       20386   102398278+  83  Linux
/dev/sda6           20387       52257   256003776   83  Linux
/dev/sda7           52258      154243   819202513+  83  Linux

> # uname -r

2.6.32.23-170.fc12.i686.PAE

> # cat /etc/grub.conf

# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE:  You do not have a /boot partition.  This means that
#          all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /, eg.
#          root (hd0,4)
#          kernel /boot/vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/sda5
#          initrd /boot/initrd-[generic-]version.img
#boot=/dev/sda
default=1
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,4)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Upgrade to Fedora 14 (Laughlin)
	kernel /boot/upgrade/vmlinuz preupgrade
repo=hd::/var/cache/yum/preupgrade
ks=hd:UUID=f8a71551-f7b7-45ef-b1d8-057f4cf69482:/boot/upgrade/ks.cfg
stage2=hd:UUID=f8a71551-f7b7-45ef-b1d8-057f4cf69482:/boot/upgrade/install.img
	initrd /boot/upgrade/initrd.img
title Fedora (2.6.32.23-170.fc12.i686.PAE)
	root (hd0,4)
	kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32.23-170.fc12.i686.PAE ro
root=UUID=f8a71551-f7b7-45ef-b1d8-057f4cf69482  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=uk rhgb quiet
rdblacklist=nouveau
	initrd /boot/initramfs-2.6.32.23-170.fc12.i686.PAE.img
title Fedora (2.6.32.21-168.fc12.i686.PAE)
	root (hd0,4)
	kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32.21-168.fc12.i686.PAE ro
root=UUID=f8a71551-f7b7-45ef-b1d8-057f4cf69482  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=uk rhgb quiet
rdblacklist=nouveau
	initrd /boot/initramfs-2.6.32.21-168.fc12.i686.PAE.img
title Fedora (2.6.32.21-166.fc12.i686.PAE)
	root (hd0,4)
	kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32.21-166.fc12.i686.PAE ro
root=UUID=f8a71551-f7b7-45ef-b1d8-057f4cf69482  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=uk rhgb quiet
rdblacklist=nouveau
	initrd /boot/initramfs-2.6.32.21-166.fc12.i686.PAE.img
title Windows
	rootnoverify (hd0,1)
	chainloader +1


> # cat /proc/mounts

rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0
/proc /proc proc rw,relatime 0 0
/sys /sys sysfs rw,relatime 0 0
udev /dev devtmpfs rw,relatime,size=4119436k,nr_inodes=191556,mode=755 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000 0 0
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs rw,relatime 0 0
/dev/sda5 / ext4 rw,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0
/proc/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb usbfs rw,relatime 0 0
/dev/sda7 /data ext4 rw,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/sda6 /home ext4 rw,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0
none /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc binfmt_misc rw,relatime 0 0
sunrpc /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs rpc_pipefs rw,relatime 0 0
gvfs-fuse-daemon /home/dave/.gvfs fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon
rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=500,group_id=500 0 0

> 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?) ?

Grub's default is to boot /dev/sda5 - which is the system's main Linux
partition.

> - 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) ?

As far as I know, Grub is the only bootloader on this system.

My knowledge of bootloader technology is shaky - so if my answers to
those last two questions aren't detailed enough then please ask for
more detail.

Cheers,

Dave...

-- 
Dave Cross :: dave at dave.org.uk
http://dave.org.uk/
@davorg


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