diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 4ba5e7a..12e035f 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -19,6 +19,31 @@ Running this script will convert an existing CentOS 8 system to Rocky Linux 8. [!! USE WITH CAUTION !!] ``` +### Known Issues + +#### RHEL migrations show error messages during conversion + +``` + Installing : rocky-release-8.3-13.el8.noarch 2/5Error unpacking rpm package rocky-release-8.3-13.el8.noarch +... +error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/share/redhat-release: cpio: File from package already exists as a directory in system +error: rocky-release-8.3-13.el8.noarch: install failed +... +Error: Transaction failed +``` + +This results from conflicts in the directory structure of RHEL with that of +RockyLinux. migrate2rocky will detect the issue and go on to remove the +conflicting directory and install rocky-release with the rpm command. + +#### Grub still shows kernel entries from previous installation + +This is normal. The running kernel cannot be safely removed when migrate2rocky +is run. The RockyLinux kernel should come up as the default highlighed kernel +on reboot but the other ones will remain until they are removed or replaced by +newer kernels. If you want you can manually remove the old kernels after reboot +with dnf or rpm. + ### Latest Version The latest version of this script can be found [here](https://github.com/rocky-linux/rocky-tools/).