[SOLVED] upgrade fedora 14 to 15 pre-release

malayo · 04-09-2011, 01:08 PM

how will i be able to upgrade installation of fedora 14 to fedora 15 pre-release?

macemoneta · 04-09-2011, 04:04 PM

You have the usual array of options. You can download media and boot from it to upgrade. You can run preupgrade. You can perform a yum upgrade. The Installation Guide has step by step details and considerations.

malayo · 04-09-2011, 11:17 PM

it seemed preupgrade could not find mirror for f15

Code:

# preupgrade-cli 
Loaded plugins: blacklist, langpacks, whiteout
No plugin match for: rpm-warm-cache
No plugin match for: remove-with-leaves
No plugin match for: auto-update-debuginfo
Adding en_US to language list
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
Adding en_US to language list
please give a release to try to pre-upgrade to
valid entries include:
   "Fedora 15 (Lovelock)"
[root@fedora ~]# preupgrade-cli "Fedora 15 (Lovelock)"
Loaded plugins: blacklist, langpacks, whiteout
No plugin match for: rpm-warm-cache
No plugin match for: remove-with-leaves
No plugin match for: auto-update-debuginfo
Adding en_US to language list
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
Adding en_US to language list
preupgrade-main (mirrorlist) 
  url: http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-15&arch=$basearch
  now: http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-15&arch=i386
preupgrade (mirrorlist) 
  url: http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?path=pub/fedora/linux/development/15/$basearch/os/
  now: http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?path=pub/fedora/linux/development/15/i386/os/
preupgrade-rpmfusion-free-rawhide (mirrorlist) 
  url: http://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/mirrorlist?repo=free-fedora-rawhide&arch=i386
  now: http://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/mirrorlist?repo=free-fedora-rawhide&arch=i386
preupgrade-rpmfusion-nonfree-rawhide (mirrorlist) 
  url: http://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/mirrorlist?repo=nonfree-fedora-rawhide&arch=i386
  now: http://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/mirrorlist?repo=nonfree-fedora-rawhide&arch=i386
Fetched treeinfo from http://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/fedora/development/15/i386/os//.treeinfo
treeinfo timestamp: Fri Apr  8 06:32:04 2011
MEMORY                                                   |  900 B     00:00     
/boot/upgrade/vmlinuz checksum OK
/boot/upgrade/initrd.img checksum OK
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/preupgrade/preupgrade-cli.py", line 327, in <module>
    pu.main(release)
  File "/usr/share/preupgrade/preupgrade-cli.py", line 223, in main
    stage2file = self.retrieve_non_critical_files()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/preupgrade/__init__.py", line 571, in retrieve_non_critical_files
    self._retrieve_file(self.mainimage, targetdir, reserve_space=extra_space)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/preupgrade/__init__.py", line 451, in _retrieve_file
    tmp = self.instgrab.urlopen(fileinfo)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/urlgrabber/mirror.py", line 413, in urlopen
    return self._mirror_try(func, url, kw)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/urlgrabber/mirror.py", line 386, in _mirror_try
    mirrorchoice = self._get_mirror(gr)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/urlgrabber/mirror.py", line 283, in _get_mirror
    raise URLGrabError(256, _('No more mirrors to try.'))
urlgrabber.grabber.URLGrabError: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.

any idea? I still can browse with my web browser btw

syg00 · 04-09-2011, 11:37 PM

The short answer is "don't".

Pre-release is for testing/shakeout. It is possibly/likely (still) broken. Why the hell would you risk your working system with an upgrade ?.
Install it (fresh) as a separate test-only system. In my case I happen to use a completely separate box so as not to accidentally compromise my working system(s), but that personal choice/experience.

You could report your situation as a bug, but I doubt you'll get a sympathetic response.

macemoneta · 04-09-2011, 11:39 PM

You can try the GUI if you're not trying to upgrade a remote machine. Just 'preupgrade'. If you get the same error, there may be a problem retrieving the mirror list. Try again a in little while.

malayo · 04-10-2011, 11:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by macemoneta

You can try the GUI if you're not trying to upgrade a remote machine. Just 'preupgrade'. If you get the same error, there may be a problem retrieving the mirror list. Try again a in little while.

it seemed that by upgrading it with preupgrade-1.1.9-1.fc14.noarch.rpm does the trick. now i'm running f15a.