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fedup: Fedora Upgrade tool

NAME

fedup - Fedora Upgrade tool

SYNOPSIS

fedup [OPTIONS] SOURCE

DESCRIPTION

fedup is the Fedora Upgrade tool.

The fedup client runs on the system to be upgraded. It determines what packages are needed for upgrade and gathers them from the source(s) given. It also fetches and sets up the boot images needed to run the upgrade and sets up the system to perform the upgrade at next boot.

The actual upgrade takes place when the system is rebooted, using the boot images set up by fedup. The upgrade initrd starts the existing system (mostly) as normal, lets it mount all the local filesystems, then starts the upgrade.

When the upgrade finishes, it reboots the system into the newly-upgraded OS.

OPTIONS

Optional arguments

-h, --help

Show a help message and exit.

-v, --verbose

Print more info.

-d, --debug

Print lots of debugging info.

--debuglog DEBUGLOG

Write debugging output to the given file. Defaults to /var/log/fedup.log.

--reboot

Automatically reboot to start the upgrade when ready.

SOURCE

These options tell fedup where to look for the packages and boot images needed to run the upgrade. At least one of these options is required.

--device [DEV]

Device or mountpoint of mounted install media. If DEV is omitted, fedup will scan all currently-mounted removable devices (USB disks, optical media, etc.)

Note
Fedora Live images cannot be used as install media!

--iso ISO

Installation image file.

--network VERSION

Online repos matching VERSION (a number or "rawhide")

Multiple sources may be used, if desired.

Additional options for --network

--enablerepo REPOID

Enable one or more repos (wildcards allowed).

--disablerepo REPOID

Disable one or more repos (wildcards allowed).

--addrepo REPOID=[@]URL

Add the repo at URL. Prefix URL with @ to indicate that the URL is a mirrorlist.

--instrepo REPOID

Get upgrader boot images from the repo named REPOID. The repo must contain a valid .treeinfo file which points to the location of usable kernel and upgrade images.

By default, fedup will ask https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/ for the installable tree for the given --networkVERSION. The actual filename requested is:

/metalink?repo=fedora-install-$releasever&arch=$basearch

where $basearch is the system's arch (i386, x86_64, etc.) and $releasever is the VERSION given with the --network option.

Note
You should only need to use this option if you're testing fedup before the release is public.

Cleanup commands

--resetbootloader

Remove any modifications made to bootloader configuration.

--clean

Clean up everything written by fedup.

EXAMPLES

fedup --network 18

Upgrade to Fedora 18 by downloading all needed packages and data from the Fedora mirror system.

fedup --device --network 18

Upgrade to Fedora 18 using install media mounted somewhere on the system, fetching updates from the network if needed.

EXIT STATUS

0

Success.

1

Cancelled by user, failure writing files to disk, or other unknown error

2

Failed to download/copy files from the given SOURCE

3

RPM upgrade transaction test failed

BUGS

The --iso image must be on a filesystem listed in /etc/fstab.

AUTHORS

Will Woods <wwoods [at] redhat.com>