Bug 1301315

Summary: pyanaconda.bootloader.BootLoaderError: boot loader install failed
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: cube00 <fedoraproject>
Component: anacondaAssignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team <anaconda-maint-list>
Status: CLOSED EOL QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity: unspecified Docs Contact:
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Version: 23CC: anaconda-maint-list, g.kaviyarasu, grosales, gseaborn, jonathan, vanmeeuwen+fedora
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Hardware: x86_64   
OS: Unspecified   
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File: anaconda-tb
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File: anaconda.log
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File: environ
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File: journalctl
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File: lsblk_output
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File: nmcli_dev_list
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File: os_info
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File: program.log
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File: storage.log
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File: ifcfg.log
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File: packaging.log none

Description cube00 2016-01-24 00:47:07 UTC
Version-Release number of selected component:
anaconda-core-23.19.10-1.fc23.x86_64

The following was filed automatically by anaconda:
anaconda 23.19.10-1 exception report
Traceback (most recent call first):
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/site-packages/pyanaconda/bootloader.py", line 1607, in install
    raise BootLoaderError("boot loader install failed")
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/site-packages/pyanaconda/bootloader.py", line 1622, in write
    self.install()
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/site-packages/pyanaconda/bootloader.py", line 2375, in writeBootLoaderFinal
    storage.bootloader.write()
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/site-packages/pyanaconda/bootloader.py", line 2453, in writeBootLoader
    writeBootLoaderFinal(storage, payload, instClass, ksdata)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/site-packages/pyanaconda/install.py", line 240, in doInstall
    writeBootLoader(storage, payload, instClass, ksdata)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/threading.py", line 868, in run
    self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/site-packages/pyanaconda/threads.py", line 253, in run
    threading.Thread.run(self, *args, **kwargs)
pyanaconda.bootloader.BootLoaderError: boot loader install failed

Additional info:
cmdline:        /usr/bin/python3  /sbin/anaconda --liveinst --method=livecd:///dev/mapper/live-base
cmdline_file:   BOOT_IMAGE=vmlinuz0 initrd=initrd0.img root=live:CDLABEL=Fedora-Live-WS-x86_64-23-10 rootfstype=auto ro rd.live.image quiet  rhgb rd.luks=0 rd.md=0 rd.dm=0 
executable:     /sbin/anaconda
hashmarkername: anaconda
kernel:         4.2.3-300.fc23.x86_64
other involved packages: python3-libs-3.4.3-5.fc23.x86_64
product:        Fedora
release:        Fedora release 23 (Twenty Three)
type:           anaconda
version:        23

Comment 1 cube00 2016-01-24 00:47:26 UTC
Created attachment 1117510 [details]
File: anaconda-tb

Comment 2 cube00 2016-01-24 00:47:28 UTC
Created attachment 1117511 [details]
File: anaconda.log

Comment 3 cube00 2016-01-24 00:47:30 UTC
Created attachment 1117512 [details]
File: environ

Comment 4 cube00 2016-01-24 00:47:37 UTC
Created attachment 1117513 [details]
File: journalctl

Comment 5 cube00 2016-01-24 00:47:39 UTC
Created attachment 1117514 [details]
File: lsblk_output

Comment 6 cube00 2016-01-24 00:47:40 UTC
Created attachment 1117515 [details]
File: nmcli_dev_list

Comment 7 cube00 2016-01-24 00:47:42 UTC
Created attachment 1117516 [details]
File: os_info

Comment 8 cube00 2016-01-24 00:47:46 UTC
Created attachment 1117517 [details]
File: program.log

Comment 9 cube00 2016-01-24 00:47:53 UTC
Created attachment 1117518 [details]
File: storage.log

Comment 10 cube00 2016-01-24 00:47:54 UTC
Created attachment 1117519 [details]
File: ifcfg.log

Comment 11 cube00 2016-01-24 00:47:56 UTC
Created attachment 1117520 [details]
File: packaging.log

Comment 12 Gerardo Rosales 2016-06-02 13:26:33 UTC
Another user experienced a similar problem:

Installing F23 lxde spin with a custom partitioning scheme.

three disk, one of 250 GB for system(rootvg) and the other two for home(homevg).

an unknown error came up when installing the boot loader. The system by default wanted to install the bootloader in one of my homevg disk in the configuration settings, that was changed to the rootvg disk.

cmdline:        /usr/bin/python3  /sbin/anaconda --liveinst --method=livecd:///dev/mapper/live-base
cmdline_file:   BOOT_IMAGE=vmlinuz0 initrd=initrd0.img root=live:CDLABEL=Fedora-Live-LXDE-x86_64-23-10 rootfstype=auto ro rd.live.image quiet  rhgb rd.luks=0 rd.md=0 rd.dm=0 
hashmarkername: anaconda
kernel:         4.2.3-300.fc23.x86_64
other involved packages: python3-libs-3.4.3-5.fc23.x86_64
package:        anaconda-core-23.19.10-1.fc23.x86_64
product:        Fedora
reason:         pyanaconda.bootloader.BootLoaderError: boot loader install failed
release:        Fedora release 23 (Twenty Three)
version:        23

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