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Description
This case tests upgrading a Fedora system from the current stable release (Fedora 41) to the development release (Rawhide/Fedora 42) using PreUpgrade.
How to test
- Perform an installation of the stable release (e.g. Fedora 41) with default partitioning (200MB for
/boot
). - Create a file that takes up enough space that preupgrade decides it cannot install stage2 now. For the example filesystem, that means we need to fill up 100MB. Here's how to do that as root:
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/boot/preupgrade_filler bs=1M count=100
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_use_PreUpgrade#Troubleshooting
- Install the newest available version of
.preupgrade
- Run
preupgrade
from a command prompt or the Run Application dialog. Provide the requested password for root authorization. - On the "Choose desired release" screen, enable "unstable test releases".
- Choose Rawhide from the list of available upgrade targets, then click Apply.
- Preupgrade will present a warning dialog noting that additional disk space in
/boot
is required to complete the upgrade process. Remove older kernels by consulting the instructions at How_to_use_PreUpgrade#Troubleshooting to free more space in /boot], then click Check again - When preupgrade is done don't reboot immediately. Instead, remove the /boot/preupgrade_filler file and make sure your computer is connected to the network via an ethernet cable. Then you can reboot.
# rm /boot/preupgrade_filler
- The computer should boot into the installer, connect to the internet via the ethernet cable and start downloading the stage2 installer image. Then it should continue upgrading as normal.
Expected Results
- The preupgrade utility will run to completion, without error.
- The users are prompted with a low disk-space warning.
- Removing older kernels allows the upgrade to proceed beyond the low disk-space warning.
- The system should be upgraded to new version without error.
- The opened terminal, file browser, or other system applications should display and work correctly.