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

Colin Guthrie mageia at colin.guthr.ie
Sun Jul 22 12:42:19 CEST 2012


'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

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