PreUpgrade - no distros available

[Wong Kwok-hon]

I think u better tell the author to release a new one to preview more
user have problem....

On 5/14/08, Michael Wiktowy <michael.wiktowy at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 9:45 PM, Dave Stevens <geek at uniserve.com> wrote:
> > On Tuesday 13 May 2008 05:54:13 pm Chris Bredesen wrote:
> >  > I've installed preupgrade from Koji, v0.9.3.  When I run it, I see no
> >  > distros in the dropdown.  When I check the untested/unstable box, I get
> >  > only Rawhide.  Should this be functional yet?
> >  >
> >  > I'm on F8 trying to get to F9.
> >  >
> >  > -CB
> >
> >  I'm having the same problem - trying to u/g F7 to F9. Is there a selective
> >  upgrade option? for specific packages? I didn't see that in the UI.
>
> Link to the latest one for those looking:
> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F8/pending/preupgrade-0.9.3-3.fc8
>
> This adds the entry for F9.
>
> I just went through the process and it wasn't flawless. Be aware that
> there seems to be a missing "/" in the grub entry that it creates so
> you have to go in and edit it for it to work ... at least I did.
>
> The wrong line is:
> kernel /boot/upgrade/vmlinuz preupgrade lang=en_US.UTF-8 keymap=us
> stage2=hd:sda2:boot/upgrade/stage2.img
> method=http://www.muug.mb.ca/pub/distro/fedora/linux/releases/9/Fedora/i386/os
>
> It should be:
> kernel /boot/upgrade/vmlinuz preupgrade lang=en_US.UTF-8 keymap=us
> stage2=hd:sda2:/boot/upgrade/stage2.img
> method=http://www.muug.mb.ca/pub/distro/fedora/linux/releases/9/Fedora/i386/os
>
> Leave the mirror that it puts in. I edited mine and I think it led to
> some issues that cause huge delays in the finalization of the upgrade.
>
> But in the end I rebooted, things are working OK and  I am typing this
> in F9 with the *much* speedier Firefox.
>
> /Mike
>
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