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Oracle Linux: Leapp Upgrade Fails with Error "CalledProcessError: Command ['/bin/sed', '-i', 's/^DEFAULTKERNEL=kernel$/DEFAULTKERNEL=kernel-core/g', '/etc/sysconfig/kernel'] failed with exit code 2" (Doc ID 3068194.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 23, 2025

Applies to:

Linux OS - Version Oracle Linux 7.9 and later
Linux x86-64

Symptoms

When attempting to use Leapp to upgrade a system, it passed the Leapp pre-upgrade and leapp upgrade. During reboot upgrade is failing with below error and the server went into emergency mode.

Cause

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