Hello,
I still am unable to start an "upgrade" install of XFS 1.0.2. I have tried
the new installer (1.0.2a) hoping a bug was fixed, but no luck. It still
fails to install on my system.
Here is what happens:
I boot from the XFS 1.0.2a CD and attempt an "Upgrade Existing System".
It then does a quick "Searching for Red Hat Linux installations", and fails
with the message "You don't have any Linux partitions. You can't upgrade
this system."
Now, if I go back a select "Install, Workstation", and then select "Manually
partition with Disk Druid", it shows me this:
Device Start End Size(MB) Type Mount Point Format
/dev/hda
/dev/hda1 1 838 1650 swap yes
/dev/hda2 839 969 258 Extended
/dev/hda5 839 969 258 swap yes
/dev/hdb
/dev/hdb1 1 6242 3072 swap yes
/dev/hdb2 6243 65531 29181 xfs yes
As you can see, according to the Disc Druid including on the cd (or the
kernel itself) it is detecting my "xfs/linux (83)" partitions as type "swap
(82)". If I choose fdisk, rather than Disk Druid, it shows the partitions
correctly as type 82.
If I boot into my existing Red Hat 7.1 XFS 1.0.1 system, and go into fdisk,
my partition tables look like the following:
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 838 1689376+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 839 969 264096 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 839 969 264064+ 82 Linux swap
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdb1 1 6242 3145936+ 83 Linux
/dev/hdb2 6243 65531 29881656 83 Linux
My partitions *are* type 83, but the installer is NOT seeing them as valid
existing linux partitions. The only assumption I can make is the "Searching
for Red Hat Linux installations" phase of the install is returning the same
incorrect partition types of "swap" (just like Disk Druid) on my system.
We eventually want to upgrade our work servers to RH7.2 XFS 1.0.2, but my
"test" server is not going so well as you can see.
I'll gladly give any more information needed about my system, if anyone can
help!
Thanks,
Trevor May
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