Bug 8678 - Upgrading process stuck with "Oops, no root partition"
Summary: Upgrading process stuck with "Oops, no root partition"
Status: RESOLVED OLD
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Installer (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: All Linux
Priority: Normal major
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Mageia Bug Squad
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Reported: 2013-01-13 00:05 CET by Matteo Pasotti
Modified: 2013-04-09 22:35 CEST (History)
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A screenshot of the reported issue (154.54 KB, image/png)
2013-01-13 00:05 CET, Matteo Pasotti 		Details
A screenshot of the current partition scheme (171.62 KB, image/png)
2013-01-13 00:07 CET, Matteo Pasotti 		Details
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Description Matteo Pasotti 2013-01-13 00:05:29 CET 
Created attachment 3358 [details]
A screenshot of the reported issue

Trying to upgrade a Cauldron installation using a network installation I get the message

  Si è verificato un errore
  Oops, no root partition

and the installation process cannot continue.

I'm experiencing this issue into a VirtualBox virtual machine with Cauldron already installed. Its disk has three partitions: /boot (ext3), /root(ext4) and swap.

The messages I get on tty3:
* starting step `doPartitionDisks`
* calling umount(/mnt/sys/kernel/debug/usb)
* running: umount /mnt/sys/kernel/debug/usb
* running: umount /mnt/sys/kernel/debug/usb
* calling umount(/mnt/sys)
* running: umount /mnt/sys
* running: umount /mnt/sys
* calling umount(/mnt/proc)
* running: umount /mnt/proc
* running: umount /mnt/proc
* umounting all filesystems
* step "doPartitionDisks" took: 0:00:00
* error: Oops, no root partition at /usr/lib/libDrakX/fs/any.pm line 69.

Part of the messages I get on tty4:
EXT4-fs (sda5): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)

Let me know if I can provide much useful details and how.
Comment 1 Matteo Pasotti 2013-01-13 00:07:08 CET 
Created attachment 3359 [details]
A screenshot of the current partition scheme

I reach this step into the installation process if I choose Install rather than Upgrade
Comment 2 Manuel Hiebel 2013-01-18 23:14:12 CET 
you wanted to upgrate cauldron with cauldron ?

maybe you could add the report.bug.gz as an attachment

switch to console 2 (by pressing 'Ctrl-Alt-F2') during installation, put a floppy in floppy drive or plug a USB key/stick and type: 'bug' then press Enter. It will put report.bug on the floppy/key.
Comment 3 Matteo Pasotti 2013-01-19 18:41:05 CET 
Hello Manuel,
yes, I was trying that procedure to "recover" an installation corrupted due to the initrd corrupted issue (utils-linux, iirc). 
Upgrading this way worked with another vm but there was another partition scheme.

Talking about your suggested procedure, I'm on a virtualized Mageia without usb/floppy support :-/  
Any chance I can save locally report.bug and then try to transfer it using the network? Is this procedure documented somewhere?

Thank you
Manuel Hiebel 2013-01-20 12:37:44 CET

CC: (none) => thierry.vignaud

Comment 4 Matteo Pasotti 2013-04-09 22:35:18 CEST 
I'm going to close this br because it's old and I'm not able to reproduce it anymore.
Regards

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => OLD
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