[CentOS] Re: Upgrade RedHat 9 to Fedora

[sudo Yang]

On 8/3/05, Ugo Bellavance <ugob at camo-route.com> wrote:
> sudo Yang wrote:
> > On 8/3/05, Ugo Bellavance <ugob at camo-route.com> wrote:
> >
> >>sudo Yang wrote:
> >>
> >>>On 8/3/05, Ugo Bellavance <ugob at camo-route.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>sudo Yang wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>On 8/3/05, Steven Vishoot <sir_funzone at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>Ugo,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>hmmmm at first i was saying to myself, well sudo said
> >>>>>>that he knew about the riserfs support in centosplus
> >>>>>>directory but that he cant do that with kickstart. Now
> >>>>>>i see what you are talking about, use kickstart and
> >>>>>>then do a yum update kernel(for riserfs) and then
> >>>>>>reboot. ah i see said the blind man to the deaf man.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Keep in mind that the kernel used during the kickstart process (used
> >>>>>to be called the BOOT kernel) has to support the file system type,
> >>>>>otherwise you can't create the file system(s)  during the kick
> >>>>>process.  Someone recommended installing a kernel that supports the
> >>>>>file system then do mkfs using that kernel after the kick, but this
> >>>>>seems kind of kludgy.
> >>>>
> >>>>Why would you need to create a FS if it is an upgrade?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Because we currently add about 5-10 new servers a month. Both upgrade
> >>>and new installation have to be considered.
> >>>
> >>
> >>But, in the case of an install, you cannot create the filesystem after
> >>the install?
> >
> >
> > You can by doing it yourself or with a script.  Anything is doable --
> > just trying to determine the best way.  Everything else seems kludgy
> > unless it's integrated into Anaconda/kickstart.
> 
> Isn't there a post-install script option in kickstart?  I wonder if it
> could support an action (create FS) after a reboot (for the new kernel).

There is both a pre and a post install, however the kernel that's used
to kickstart a system has to support the file system type.  In other
words, you can't create a ReiserFS file system in pre or post unless
the kernel that's used during the kick supports ReiserFS.

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