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Simply install this package, reboot, select the "Mageia 3 +</I>><i> >> Upgrade Preparation" entry boot, wait while your FS is converted and +</I>><i> >> then perform a urpmi upgrade as you would normally. +</I>><i> >> +</I>><i> >> I've not specifically tested the upgrade part, only the installation +</I>and +><i> >> creation of the initrd and bootloader entries in grub. I've also not +</I>><i> >> done this on an mga2 machine yet but will do soon enough. +</I>><i> >> +</I>><i> >> I just wanted to get this package "out there" for anyone wanting to +</I>><i> >> update their mga2 machines to mga3 a3 but not wanting to use the +</I>installer. +><i> >> +</I>><i> >> At present there are a few limitations: +</I>><i> >> +</I>><i> >> 1. It requires kernel 3.3.8-2.mga2 to be installed (any flavour should +</I>><i> >> work). A specific kernel version is not really 100% necessary but it +</I>><i> >> does mean I can add hard requires to the package. This is only +</I>desirable +><i> >> to prevent the situation where users install this upgrade package but +</I>do +><i> >> not run it and later remove the kernel used to generate the initrd for +</I>><i> >> the bootloader menu item, thus breaking it. Any smarter ideas on how to +</I>><i> >> manage this welcome. +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > Cannot you just made dracut/mkinitrd always include it and just +</I>><i> > rebuild initrds so +</I>><i> > that any kernel with work +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Well yes, this package installs a dracut config snippet that does always +</I>><i> include the module. The rebuilding of the initrd is just that - a +</I>><i> rebuild under the same name as is always used for the normal kernel - +</I>><i> just with the extra convertfs module added. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> However, it requires special kernel command line to trigger the change +</I>><i> and thus the bootloader entry adds the needed params for you. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I'm not sure it would be a good idea to make any boot silently do the +</I>><i> conversion. +</I> +But you can have the new entry pointing to the non versionned symlinks +-------------- next part -------------- +An HTML attachment was scrubbed... +URL: </pipermail/mageia-dev/attachments/20121118/c7563479/attachment.html> +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="020059.html">[Mageia-dev] ANN: Upgrading from Mageia 2 via urpmi +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="020063.html">[Mageia-dev] ANN: Upgrading from Mageia 2 via urpmi +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#20062">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#20062">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#20062">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#20062">[ 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> |