Documentation for upgrading Fedora 23 to 24

[Patrick Bouldin]

Hi, I started with a fresh install of Qubes 3.2

Then I upgraded dom0

Then I decided to upgrade fedora-23 to fedora-24 using the steps here:

https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/template/fedora/upgrade-23-to-24/

I followed the "summary" instructions at the top. Then I decided to remove fedora-23 from the system and added in some of the commands from the detail.

This caused the image of fedora-24 to disappear as well. Note, one command I used was:

sudo dnf remove qubes-template-fedora-23 (and indeed I ensured I typed 23, not 24).

When launching the VM it indicated there was no image file.

So I'm doing this all over, loading a new Qubes. Question though, can someone please edit these instructions to include deleting fedora-23 properly?

They are:

[user@dom0 ~]$ qvm-clone fedora-23 fedora-24
[user@dom0 ~]$ truncate -s 5GB /var/tmp/template-upgrade-cache.img
[user@dom0 ~]$ qvm-run -a fedora-24 gnome-terminal
[user@dom0 ~]$ qvm-block -A fedora-24 dom0:/var/tmp/template-upgrade-cache.img
[user@fedora-24 ~]$ sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/xvdi
[user@fedora-24 ~]$ sudo mount /dev/xvdi /mnt/removable
[user@fedora-24 ~]$ sudo dnf clean all
[user@fedora-24 ~]$ sudo dnf --releasever=24 --setopt=cachedir=/mnt/removable distro-sync

(Shut down TemplateVM by any normal means.)

[user@dom0 ~]$ rm /var/tmp/template-upgrade-cache.img
[user@dom0 ~]$ qvm-trim-template fedora-24

Thanks,
Patrick

[Patrick Bouldin]

Update - I started again and I'd imagine I did something wrong, so I suggest the following update at the top of the upgrade page:

Experienced users - use Summary, otherwise use detailed instructions.

In the detailed instructions I'd suggest adding:

(Recommended - After upgrading the Fedora 24 (from the Fedora 23 clone), clone the new Fedora 24 to a copy - and THEN continue with clean up steps.

Thanks,
Patrick

[cooloutac]

read the long list of instructions, thats what I did. Those short list of instructions might skip some steps. or include ones you don't need. doublecheck with the full instructions. They might indeed need a correction but following the full instructions should work.