[CALUG] Fedora upgrade unsuccessful

[Bryan J Smith]

Pre-upgrade does more exhaustive checking in never Fedora versions, I've noted 
that.  Earlier versions did checking for speed, and would sometimes miss 
incomplete boot files or packages, and that would be an issue if you have a file 
system fill up (it wouldn't fix the partial downloads).

That's why I mentioned that it might be best to blow away all of the Preupgrade 
/boot and /var files and start over.  A file system (like /boot or /var areas) 
filling up is the #1 reason why I see Preupgrade fail.  Again, newer Fedora 
versions have gotten much better in dealing with all of the exceptions that 
people run into, as people have reported such conditionals that need to be 
accounted for.

As far as "flipping back," of course, once Preupgrade is done, the default 
kernel boot is going to be Anaconda, not your prior distro.  Just remove the 
/boot and grub entry, along with the /var areas for Preupgrade and re-try.  Also 
open up a Bugzilla and let them know what you ran into.  Preupgrade is actively 
tracked for conditionals that have not been accounted for yet, or for verifying 
it's an issue that is already addressed in newer Fedora versions.

Remember, Fedora 12 went end-of-life (EoL) last year, so it hasn't received more 
recent Preupgrade logic.

-- Bryan

P.S.  Remember, Preupgrade and DVD are the exact same program, Anaconda (a 
series of Python modules, including YUM).  The difference is that Preupgrade 
pre-resolves dependencies and pre-downloads all packages specific for your 
configured YUM repos to your hard drive, ensuring everything is there that is 
needed.  As a side bonus, it runs from the hard drive, so it is faster.  If you 
use the DVD, you're stuck with what's on the DVD by default, although Anaconda 
will offer to update from the Internet as well for the system's repos.  In every 
case of a Preupgrade issue (almost always disk space issues), blowing away the 
/boot and /var files and re-starting always works.



----- Original Message ----
From: Joe <joe_tseng at hotmail.com>
Sent: Fri, June 10, 2011 8:14:41 PM

I'm not having any issues with preupgrade at all.  It's when the computer 
reboots after it run preupgrade.  I get a small msg window with the msg I 
got initially:

“The following file systems for your system were not unmounted  cleanly. 
Please boot your installation, let the file systems be checked  and shut 
down cleanly to upgrade.  (/dev/sda1)”

After I click the OK button in that msg window the computer just sits; it 
doesn't reboot.  I have to flip the switch for it to boot back into F12.