Cannot upgrade from FC6->F7. No upgrade option given in install screen.

[Lou Spironello]

Thanks Jim for the idea.

Did that and still no option to install/upgrade, or detection of fc6 before
the partition screen.

Regards,
Lou


On 6/3/07, Jim Cornette <fc-cornette at insight.rr.com> wrote:
>
> Lou Spironello wrote:
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> > Dear Group:
> >
> > I'm 'having difficulty upgrading from FC6->F7.   I used the F7 recuse
> > CD  and the F7 DVD ISO in an attempt to
> > do a hard disk upgrade.  The DVD ISO passes the mediacheck.
> >
> > I boot the F7 Rescue CD,  select the Install/upgrade from the initial
> > screen.
> >
> > The "Searching for Installation" status box is displayed and then the
> > partitioning screen is displayed
> > with no option to select an upgrade install.   The following is a list
> > of particulars for this machine:
> >
> > # pvscan
> >            No matching physical volumes found
> > # lvscan
> >            No volume groups found
> >
> > # blkid
> >
> >     /dev/hda1: LABEL="/boot1"
> >     UUID="d24b169a-8d91-4e9c-9821-205ac9cf0b42" SEC_TYPE="ext2"
> >     TYPE="ext3"
> >     /dev/hda2: LABEL="/" UUID="38e17b63-7a70-4d26-9b7c-e5cdda9064a1"
> >     SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3"
> >     /dev/hda3: LABEL="/usr1"
> >     UUID="7bdfe636-fa05-4b00-8e64-1a7ca3cb41a9" SEC_TYPE="ext2"
> >     TYPE="ext3"
> >     /dev/hda5: LABEL="SWAP-hda5" TYPE="swap"
> >     /dev/hda6: LABEL="/home"
> >     UUID="9122da36-fcf9-482c-978e-14219f46d0ac" SEC_TYPE="ext2"
> >     TYPE="ext3"
> >     /dev/hdb: LABEL="rescue Disc" TYPE="iso9660"
> >     /dev/hdc1: LABEL="hdc1"
> >     UUID="d81d7541-80cf-404d-bc0d-21fda2473752" SEC_TYPE="ext2"
> >     TYPE="ext3"
> >     /dev/hdc2: LABEL="hdc2"
> >     UUID="424d61f6-c4e9-43cb-bbf8-51eb38eea3b5" SEC_TYPE="ext2"
> >     TYPE="ext3"
> >     /dev/hdc3: LABEL="hdc3"
> >     UUID="b54505bd-c8c3-401a-8708-c72b38552bb8" SEC_TYPE="ext2"
> >     TYPE="ext3"
> >     /dev/hdd1: LABEL="hdd1"
> >     UUID="df29a431-ec30-4114-8202-035b0f6f3114" SEC_TYPE="ext2"
> >     TYPE="ext3"
> >     /dev/hdd2: LABEL="hdd2"
> >     UUID="f28f151c-5963-48be-8281-1b674094c428" SEC_TYPE="ext2"
> >     TYPE="ext3"
> >     /dev/hdd3: LABEL="hdd3"
> >     UUID="218acaa4-4778-4a9b-be33-18f3b3646396" SEC_TYPE="ext2"
> >     TYPE="ext3"
> >
> > /etc/fstab
> >
> >     LABEL=/                 /                       ext3
> >     defaults        1 1
> >     LABEL=/boot1            /boot                   ext3
> >     defaults        1 2
> >     devpts                  /dev/pts                devpts
> >     gid=5,mode=620  0 0
> >     tmpfs                   /dev/shm                tmpfs
> >     defaults        0 0
> >     LABEL=/home             /home                   ext3
> >     defaults        1 2
> >     proc                    /proc                   proc
> >     defaults        0 0
> >     sysfs                   /sys                    sysfs
> >     defaults        0 0
> >     LABEL=/usr1             /usr                    ext3
> >     defaults        1 2
> >     LABEL=SWAP-hda5         swap                    swap
> >     defaults        0 0
> >     /dev/hdc1               /mnt/d1                 ext3
> >     defaults        0 0
> >     /dev/hdc2               /mnt/d2                 ext3
> >     defaults        0 0
> >     /dev/hdc3               /mnt/d3                 ext3
> >     defaults        0 0
> >     /dev/hdd1               /mnt/d4                 ext3
> >     defaults        0 0
> >     /dev/hdd2               /mnt/d5                 ext3
> >     defaults        0 0
> >     /dev/hdd3               /mnt/d6                 ext3
> >     defaults        0 0
> >
> >
> > fdisk -l /dev/hda
> >
> >     Disk /dev/hda: 163.9 GB, 163928604672 bytes
> >     255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19929 cylinders
> >     Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> >
> >        Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> >     /dev/hda1   *           1          25      200781   83  Linux
> >     /dev/hda2              26        6087    48693015   83  Linux
> >     /dev/hda3            6088       12167    48837600   83  Linux
> >     /dev/hda4           12168       19929    62348265    5  Extended
> >     /dev/hda5           12168       12411     1959898+  82  Linux swap
> >     / Solaris
> >     /dev/hda6           12412       19929    60388303+  83  Linux
> >
> >
> > Any ideas would be appreciated.
> >
> > Thank you.
> > Regards,
> > Lou
>
> You might comment out the entries in fstab which reference /dev/hdx
> devices. You seem to have labels for actual OS volumes so you should
> then be able to change the other /dev/hdx entries to their proper
> /dev/sdx references after the upgrade.
>
> Jim
>
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