upgrading to F16 or F17 with /var and/or /usr on LVM volumes?

[Mateusz Marzantowicz]

On 20.06.2012 16:13, Joel Rees wrote:
> Tried preupgrade, but it can't find my old system, and kicks the
> upgrade process to the curb.
>
> Then I tried the netinstall CD and it can't find my old system, either.
>
> Looking around, I see a bit of discussion of problems with the install
> process recognizing  LVM partitions. Rescue mode boot of the
> netinstall CD appears to be unable to mount LVM partitions.
>
> Does anyone know of a work-around short of backing up /etc and /home
> and doing a fresh install?
>
>
> --
> Joel Rees

Fedora LiveCD should recognize partitions on LVM and RAID even with
encryption.

It's not recommended to have /usr on different partition so perhaps
you'd like to change your partition layout. More about /usr:
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/separate-usr-is-broken


Mateusz Marzantowicz