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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> +Yeah in this case if the conversion is done, I'd just recommend +installing filesystem --nodeps and the rest should flow. It's not ideal +certainly, but there is still time to polish this a bit before upgraders +get hit by this (and as there will be updated rpm packages in the stable +releases, it should mitigate this specific problem, but we should still +see if we can do things better) + +Col + +-- + +Colin Guthrie +colin(at)mageia.org +<A HREF="http://colin.guthr.ie/">http://colin.guthr.ie/</A> + +Day Job: + Tribalogic Limited <A HREF="http://www.tribalogic.net/">http://www.tribalogic.net/</A> +Open Source: + Mageia Contributor <A HREF="http://www.mageia.org/">http://www.mageia.org/</A> + PulseAudio Hacker <A HREF="http://www.pulseaudio.org/">http://www.pulseaudio.org/</A> + Trac Hacker <A HREF="http://trac.edgewall.org/">http://trac.edgewall.org/</A> +</PRE> + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="017910.html">[Mageia-dev] ANNOUNCE: The /usr move cometh! <---- Instructions +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="017918.html">[Mageia-dev] ANNOUNCE: The /usr move cometh! <---- Instructions +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#17917">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#17917">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#17917">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#17917">[ 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> |