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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.
Note
This test requires you to have a wired connection to the internet during the install.
This test requires you to have a wired connection to the internet during the install.
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 cannot download install.img now. 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
- Install the newest available version of
preupgrade - Run
preupgradefrom 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.
- During downloading, preupgrade should warn that there wasn't enough space to download install.img but it can be downloaded after reboot if you have a wired network connection. Click continue for that.
- 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.
- # rm /boot/preupgrade_filler
- Click reboot.
Expected Results
- The preupgrade utility will run to completion, without error.
- The users are prompted with a Not enough space to download install.img warning.
- The computer should boot into the installer, connect to the internet via the ethernet cable and start downloading the stage2 installer image.
- The system should be upgraded to new version without error.
- The opened terminal, file browser, or other system applications should display and work correctly.
