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Bug 1297380

Summary: Missing local (file:/) kickstart file with inst.text combination starts the automatic installation
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Reporter: Jiri Konecny <jkonecny>
Component: anacondaAssignee: Brian Lane <bcl>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Release Test Team <release-test-team-automation>
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Priority: unspecified    
Version: 7.3CC: jstodola, mkovarik
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OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: anaconda-21.48.22.74-1 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2016-11-03 23:21:34 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Jiri Konecny 2016-01-11 11:08:50 UTC
Description of problem:
When an installation is started with boot parameters ks=file:/non/existing/path/kickstart.ks and inst.text then it will start automatic install process. For the sake of sanity this should be fixed soon. When there is only typo in the kickstart path it's hard to find out what is happening.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
anaconda-21.48.22.56-1

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start installation with boot options ks=file:/non/existing/path/kickstart.ks and inst.text .
2. The installation stops on error message that you have bad storage.

Actual results:
Installation stops when complaining about bad partitioning.

Expected results:
It should stops on start of the installation with message "Missing kickstart file" or "Kickstart file %s not found".

Comment 2 Brian Lane 2016-05-26 16:19:09 UTC
https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/646

Comment 4 Michal Kovarik 2016-08-02 10:02:02 UTC
Verified on anaconda-21.48.22.81-1.

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2016-11-03 23:21:34 UTC
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2016-2158.html