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Hodgins</B> + <A HREF="mailto:mageia-discuss%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-discuss%5D%20Mageia%202%20upgrade%20testing%20-%20we%27re%20ready%20for%20more%0A%20people%20to%20give%20it%20a%20try.&In-Reply-To=%3Cop.wcbn8laen7mcit%40hodgins.homeip.net%3E" + TITLE="[Mageia-discuss] Mageia 2 upgrade testing - we're ready for more people to give it a try.">davidwhodgins at gmail.com + </A><BR> + <I>Fri Apr 6 04:37:23 CEST 2012</I> + <P><UL> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="006881.html">[Mageia-discuss] Planets.mageia.org +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="006875.html">[Mageia-discuss] Mageia Xen Images +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#6874">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#6874">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#6874">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#6874">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + <HR> +<!--beginarticle--> +<PRE>I ran a test today, upgrading from Mageia 1 to Cauldron, +as part of the qa testing for Mageia 2. + +On my 7 year old i586 system, a Mageia 1 install containing +Gnome, KDE, and LXDM, the upgrade install of 2,187 packages +took about 2 hours. There were no package or file conflicts. + +There was one postinstall scriptlet that failed, which has +been reported and already fixed. + +There was one postuninstall scriplet that failed, which will +likely result in an update for Mageia 1. + +Neither of these two bugs caused any problems in the resulting +installation. + +This is the cleanest upgrade distribution version upgrade I've +ever seen. + +The only other problem I saw, were that, after installing 2100 +packages in one transaction, the distribution dialog appeared +to hang, for about 20 minutes. A little checking during the +apparent hang, showed that is was processing 260,516 file +triggers. + +After the delay, the dialog saying to reboot, just closed when +the reboot button was selected. After manually rebooting, the +system came up properly, with everything working, that I checked. + +The upgrade testing has reached the point where the testing +needs a wider variety of hardware and package selection, so +more testers would be appreciated. If you have the time, and +available disk space, please consider trying out the upgrade +procedure, and reporting any problems found. + +Note that, at this point in time, upgrade testing will result +in an installation that will get it's updates from the Cauldron +repositories, which by their nature, can be unstable at times. +Don't use this for a production system! Make sure you have +a full backup, and tested restore procedures, just in case. + +The easiest way to test the upgrading from Mageia 1 to +Cauldron, is to open a terminal and run the commands +$ sudo urpmi --auto-update +$ killall mgaapplet +$ mgaapplet --testing & +Then select the More information button on the dialog +that opens up, and follow the prompts. + +During my test, 1.1GB of data was downloaded to /var, +so make sure you have the space available. Also, make +sure /boot has at least 24MB of free space. + +The update can also be done using a boot.iso image +as described at <A HREF="https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Boot.iso_install">https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Boot.iso_install</A> +The boot.iso can be downloaded from +<A HREF="http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/cauldron/i586/install/images/">http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/cauldron/i586/install/images/</A> +or +<A HREF="http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/cauldron/x86_64/install/images/">http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/distrib/cauldron/x86_64/install/images/</A> +or the corresponding directory of your favourite mirror. + +Both of the above methods require a reasonably fast and +stable internet connection. + +A third option, would be using the beta 2 dvd iso image, +which can be downloaded from +<A HREF="http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/iso/cauldron/">http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/mageia/iso/cauldron/</A> +Note that a lot of bugs have been fixed since the beta 2 +iso images were created. Be sure to install updates as +part of the installation, or use "urpmi --auto-update" +after the first reboot. Do not use rpmdrake from the beta +2 iso. + +There are some known bugs that are being worked on, but +have workarounds available. + +If you have /usr on a lvm logical volume, the initrd from +the upgrade will fail to boot. The workaround for this +is to add the kernel option rd.break=pre-pivot during the +first boot. + +To edit the kernel options, press f3 on the grub selection +menu, then select defaults, the type a space followed by +the option, then press enter. + +Once the system starts to boot, a bash shell will open up +where you can enter the commands ... +# lvm vgchange -a y +# exit +A second shell will open after the pivot to the new root. +Just type in "exit" again, and press enter. +Once the system has booted, open a terminal and run the +command +$ sudo dracut -f +That will create a new initrd, that will properly mount +the /usr on a logical volume, for future boots. + +This bug is being tracked in +<A HREF="https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4562">https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4562</A> + +Another problem that requires a workaround for now, is +that for some (most?) ide controllers, the order of +the loading of kernel modules will result in ide hard +drives being assigned /dev/hd? instead of /dev/sd?. +Also, ide cd/dvd drives will be assigned /dev/hd? +instead of /dev/sr?, making them inaccessible. + +If your system has ide drives, before upgrading, run +the command +$ lspcidrake|grep IDE + +The first part of the output is the kernel module that +should be used for the ide controller on your system. +It will be something like pata_via, pata_amd, or +ata_piix. Make note of which module is used. + +After the upgrade, modify /boot/grub/menu.lst, to add +the option rdloaddriver=pata_via (replacing pata_via +with the module used for your ide controller. + +This bug is being tracked in +<A HREF="https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4997">https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4997</A> + +The more people we have testing now, the better chance we +have of having a great release, when Mageia 2 is released. + +Remember, Mageia 2 is a community release. The more people +who contribute, the better the release will get. You can +help too. + +The qa team could really use more people. When Mageia 2 does +get released, our workload will double, as many updates will +require testing in both Mageia 1 and 2. + +Even if you can only put in a few hours per week, every bit +helps. All you have to do to join, is subscribe to two +mailing lists, then pick updates you have the hardware +and software needed to test, and start testing, reporting +your results on bugzilla. + +See <A HREF="https://wiki.mageia.org/en/QA_Team">https://wiki.mageia.org/en/QA_Team</A> for more details. + +Regards, Dave Hodgins +</PRE> + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="006881.html">[Mageia-discuss] Planets.mageia.org +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="006875.html">[Mageia-discuss] Mageia Xen Images +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#6874">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#6874">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#6874">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#6874">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |