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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 +</I>><i> installation and +</I>>><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>><i> installer. +</I>>><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>><i> desirable +</I>>><i> >> to prevent the situation where users install this upgrade package +</I>><i> but do +</I>>><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>><i> +</I>><i> But you can have the new entry pointing to the non versionned symlinks +</I> +Yup, that would work I guess. Dunno why I didn't think of that :p + +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="020062.html">[Mageia-dev] ANN: Upgrading from Mageia 2 via urpmi +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="020064.html">[Mageia-dev] Lazy NFS umount problem: kernel or userspace? +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#20063">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#20063">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#20063">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#20063">[ 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> |