How to "upgrade" a RHEL3/RHEL5 Dual boot system !

[saagar shrivastava]

Klaus,

This is to inform you that, "Upgrade" RHEL to RHEL5 upgrades the packages
only it dosen't overwrite the configuration and additional data on it.


-Saagar

On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 2:21 PM, Arndt, Klaus <klaus.arndt at verigy.com>wrote:

>  Hello,
>
>
>
> I have here several RHEL3 / RHEL5 dual boot systems,
>
> And would like now to "upgrade" the RHEL5 System via anaconda "upgrade"
> paht.
>
> The issue I got is that anaconda use the first [root] partition in the
> system for the upgrade,
>
> But on the first [root] partition in the system is RHEL3 installed, which
> should not be overwritten.
>
>
>
> /dev/sda1 /boot
>
> /dev/sda2 swap
>
> /dev/sda3 / (RHEL3U7)
>
> /dev/sda4 [Exended]
>
> /dev/sda5 /1 (RHEL5U0)
>
>
>
> I found in the Mailing list a possible Patch :
>
>
>
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/kickstart-list/2008-December/msg00019.html
>
>
>
> but I would prefer to select the right Root partition in the %pre section
> of upgrade.cf
>
> of rather then to select the right one if anaconda found more then one
> [root] partition
>
> on the system.
>
>
>
> I check the RHEL5U3 /usr/lib/anaconda/upgrade.py
>
> File from the Beta ISO but this has also the same methode,
>
> and select the first [root] partition for the "upgrade" L
>
>
>
> Have anyone a Idea to realize this on RHEL5U1 or later ?
>
>
>
> Regards
>
>    Klaus
>
>
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