[Mageia-dev] ANNOUNCE: The /usr move cometh! <---- Instructions

Sun Jul 22 03:38:44 CEST 2012

22.07.2012 03:12, Colin Guthrie skrev:
+> OK, so the packages have now all been uploaded.
+> 
+> You should see several packages now that you cannot install on Cauldron.
+> This is intended behaviour.
+> 
+> Here is how to update your cauldron systems:
+> 
+>  1. Run "urpmi --auto-update" install everything that can be installed.
+>  2. Ensure that latest dracut is installed. Run "urpmi dracut" to make
+> sure (it may have been excluded in the --auto-update if it was in a
+> transaction with other packages that could not be installed).
+>  3. Ensure that you do not have zapata or dpkg installed (rpm -e zapata;
+> rpm -e dpkg)
+>  4. Generate a new initrd and include the conversion script: dracut -f
+> -a convertfs
+>  5. If you have /usr on a separate partition
+>      - Ensure there is enough free space to hold /bin, /sbin, /lib and
+> /lib64 content.
+>      - If your /usr is mounted readonly, change your /etc/fstab to mount
+> it rw.
+>  6. Reboot.
+>  7. At the bootloader prompt, edit the command line and append: "rw
+> rd.convertfs" (without the quotes) to your command line and then boot.
+> 
+> That should be all that is needed :)
+
+
+  8. run urpmi --auto-update again to pull in the rpms that depend on
+     the completed /usr move...
+
+
+
+> 
+> If you are extra paranoid, or want to see what is going on, then you can
+> remove the "splash" and "quiet" options from the kernel too.
+> 
+> If you want to see things in more depth, you can also add
+> rd.break=pre-pivot to the kernel. You will be dumped into a shell with
+> your / mounted as /sysroot. This shell is *before* conversion. If you
+> type "exit" the conversion will be done, and you'll be dumped to another
+> shell afterwards. Typing exit once more here will boot the system as normal.
+> 
+> 
+> 
+> All the best and good luck!!!
+> 
+
+Worked like a charm here on my x86_64 laptop.
+
+--
+Thomas
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