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Run "urpmi --auto-update" install everything that can be installed. +</I>>>>><i> 2. Ensure that latest dracut is installed. Run "urpmi dracut" to make +</I>>>>><i> sure (it may have been excluded in the --auto-update if it was in a +</I>>>>><i> transaction with other packages that could not be installed). +</I>>>>><i> 3. Ensure that you do not have zapata or dpkg installed (rpm -e zapata; +</I>>>>><i> rpm -e dpkg) +</I>>>>><i> 4. Generate a new initrd and include the conversion script: dracut -f +</I>>>>><i> -a convertfs +</I>>>>><i> 5. If you have /usr on a separate partition +</I>>>>><i> - Ensure there is enough free space to hold /bin, /sbin, /lib and +</I>>>>><i> /lib64 content. +</I>>>>><i> - If your /usr is mounted readonly, change your /etc/fstab to mount +</I>>>>><i> it rw. +</I>>>>><i> 6. Reboot. +</I>>>>><i> 7. At the bootloader prompt, edit the command line and append: "rw +</I>>>>><i> rd.convertfs" (without the quotes) to your command line and then boot. +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>>><i> That should be all that is needed :) +</I>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> How to update a chroot? +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Answering to myself: +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> chroot $chroot urpmi dracut +</I>>><i> $chroot/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/30convertfs/convertfs.sh $chroot +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> That did the conversion, but I still can't update, probably because my +</I>>><i> rpm is too old (rpm-4.9.1.3-2.mga2) as it was not possible to update +</I>>><i> it before the conversion (it pulls filesystem). +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Yeah in this case if the conversion is done, I'd just recommend +</I>><i> installing filesystem --nodeps and the rest should flow. It's not ideal +</I>><i> certainly, but there is still time to polish this a bit before upgraders +</I>><i> get hit by this (and as there will be updated rpm packages in the stable +</I>><i> releases, it should mitigate this specific problem, but we should still +</I>><i> see if we can do things better) +</I> +Polish this a bit? It is not at all ready, and as I said earlier rpmlib is +broken. Please don't upload broken rpm packages to stable releases. + +Maybe the instructions should be: + - install dracut and kernel-desktop-latest from mga3 + - reboot, make sure the "usrmove filesystem update" + kernel entry is chosen in the bootloader + - upgrade to mga3 as usual + +But that means a lot of things are still missing: + - dracut automatically including the conversion script + (only when needed?) + - automatic generation of the bootloader entry mentioned above + - removal of this bootloader entry after conversion + + + Christiaan +</PRE> + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="017917.html">[Mageia-dev] ANNOUNCE: The /usr move cometh! <---- Instructions +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="017919.html">[Mageia-dev] ANNOUNCE: The /usr move cometh! <---- Instructions +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#17918">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#17918">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#17918">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#17918">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |