F15 preupgrade seems not to work with /boot on RAID

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Fri May 27 20:30:30 UTC 2011


On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 11:12 AM, George Avrunin <avrunin at math.umass.edu> wrote:
> On Tue, 24 May 2011 22:12:39 -0400, Matthew Saltzman <mjs at clemson.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> All packages downloaded, but preupgrade reported an error on the console
>> I ran it from regarding the fact that /boot was on a software RAID
>> device.  The GUI, on the other hand, appeared to finish normally and
>> reported that the installation would start on reboot.  It didn't.
>>
>> So is there a reason preupgrade can't work with /boot on RAID when the
>> original (F12, IIRC, upgraded to F14) installation did?  And why doesn't
>> the GUI detect the error and fail?
>>
>
> I'm seeing the same problem--GUI doesn't complain, but doesn't work and
> preupgrade-cli complains. Any suggestions?
>
>  George
>
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i downloaded the dvd, booted to it, and followed the upgrade procedure
there. worked fine, i didn't install grub on my boot device though
since it is already there.


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