'Twas brillig, and Colin Guthrie at 22/07/12 02:39 did gyre and gimble: > 'Twas brillig, and Colin Guthrie at 22/07/12 01:12 did gyre and gimble: >> 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. > > I should clarify that it is expected that some packages will refuse to > install due to them requireing the new filesystem package and that > package itself requires a converted filesystem before it will install. > >> 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 > > When generating the initrd, make sure you are booted currently on the > latest kernel, or that you adjust the dracut command accordingly. > >> 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 :) > > Oh, yeah, after reboot, make sure you complete the rest of the updates :)
I've clarified these instructions on the wiki: https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Feature:UsrMove#Release_Notes Feel free to augment them with better info as needed. Cheers Col -- Colin Guthrie colin(at)mageia.org http://colin.guthr.ie/ Day Job: Tribalogic Limited http://www.tribalogic.net/ Open Source: Mageia Contributor http://www.mageia.org/ PulseAudio Hacker http://www.pulseaudio.org/ Trac Hacker http://trac.edgewall.org/
