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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.


How to test

  1. Perform an installation of the stable release (e.g. Fedora 41) with default partitioning (200MB for /boot).
  2. Create a file that takes up enough space that preupgrade cannot download kernel+initrd.img now. That means we need to fill up /boot. Here's how to do that as root: 
    

    # dd if=/dev/zero of=/boot/preupgrade_filler bs=1M count=170
    

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  3. Install the newest available version of preupgrade.
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  4. Run preupgrade from a command prompt or the Run Application dialog. Provide the requested password for root authorization.
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  5. On the "Choose desired release" screen, enable "unstable test releases".
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  6. Choose Rawhide from the list of available upgrade targets, then click Apply.
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  7. During downloading, preupgrade should warn that it failed to download installer data. Click quit for that.
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  8. Replace /boot/preupgrade_filler by 100MB so that preupgrade can download kernel+initrd.img but install.img.

    

    # dd if=/dev/zero of=/boot/preupgrade_filler bs=1M count=100
    

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  9. Re-run preupgrade, Click Yes to resume your upgrade.
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  10. 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.
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  11. 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
    

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  12. Click reboot.


Expected Results


  1. At first time, the preupgrade utility will fail to download installer data.
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  2. At second time, The users are prompted with a Not enough space to download install.img warning.
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  3. After reboot, the system should boot into the installer, connect to the internet via the ethernet cable and start downloading the stage2 installer image.
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  4. The system should be upgraded to new version without error.
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  5. The opened terminal, file browser, or other system applications should display and work correctly.






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