ubuntu-release-upgrader could probably do a better job of checking for
free space on zfs partitions, although we might not "support" a zfs boot
partition.
** Also affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2018125
Title:
do-release-upgrade fails due to full zfs partition
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
I used do-release-upgrade to upgrade from 22.10 x86-64 to 23.10.
Towards the end of the upgrade, it rebooted, but stuck me in the recovery
console.
I enabled networking and opened a root shell.
1. Networking was not working. I fiddled with this for days, and could not
get networking working. I tried starting NetworkManager, playing with rfkill,
and a few other things, but, ultimately, could not get networking working.
2. The problem that seemed to kill the upgrade was the zfs boot partition
being too full for the new image, even though the new image was present. After
a few days I found a way to remove old snapshots and created lots of free space
on /boot. Linux still doesn't boot.
Ultimately, if FOSS is supposed to be a good thing, and attract non-
sysadmins, it should be easy to install/upgrade.
1. do-release-upgrade should be able to deal with full filesystems,
whether they're zfs or ext4 or the other front-running file systems,
giving the user the tools to remove snapshots and/or files to make the
new upgrade/release work as flawlessly as it can. I should be able to
convert a zfs partition to ext4, (or vice versa) and get on with my
real work.
2. When the user is dumped into the recovery console, give him more
tools to work with. There should be, at the very least, a way to get
the network working when you press "enable networking" (not by having
to download and figure out how to use network-tools, ifconfig, rfkill,
dhclient, etc.), and deal with and fix ZFS issues.
I know this isn't going to be fixed by the weekend, so I'm considering
3 "nuclear" options, in decreasing order of desirability: (1) reformat
the zfs boot partition as ext4, then copy the (saved) contents of
/boot into the pristine partition. (2) Reinstall 23.04 from the thumb
drive. I learned, decades ago, to keep my user partition on a separate
drive, so it should be safe. What I'll lose is my network and wifi
settings and printer setups. There are, undoubtedly other things that
will have to be recovered, but those are the most important. (3) Pay
through the nose for an Apple. I'd have to learn a new UI and transfer
my files somehow, and bow down to my kids who have been pushing for me
to get off this old Linux thing. "You'll have to pry my cold dead
fingers off my Linux computers..."
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