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

[Colin Guthrie]

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.
 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
 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 :)

If you are extra paranoid, or want to see what is going on, then you can
remove the "splash" and "quiet" options from the kernel too.

If you want to see things in more depth, you can also add
rd.break=pre-pivot to the kernel. You will be dumped into a shell with
your / mounted as /sysroot. This shell is *before* conversion. If you
type "exit" the conversion will be done, and you'll be dumped to another
shell afterwards. Typing exit once more here will boot the system as normal.



All the best and good luck!!!

Col

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