Bug 1379766

Summary: bios boot on Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-25-20160927.n.0.iso stops at liveuser (gdm)
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: satellitgo
Component: mediawriterAssignee: Martin Bříza <mbriza>
Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 25CC: anaconda-maint-list, awilliam, bcl, lewk, mbriza, satellitgo
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Description satellitgo 2016-09-27 15:33:52 UTC 
Description of problem:
bios boot on Mediawriter USB Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-25-20160927.n.0.iso stops at liveuser (gdm) ; efi boot works properly

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How reproducible:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_25_Branched_20160927.n.0_Installation#USB_media

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<satellit> note bios boot on f25 wks mediawriter USB boots to gdm liveuser  but efi boot of same stick boots properly ?
<satellit> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_25_Branched_20160927.n.0_Installation#USB_media
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<satellit> dgilmore ^ why is bios boot different?
<dgilmore> satellit: one uses grub the other uses isolinux
<dgilmore> satellit: so likely one is not getting a boot argument right 
<satellit> sounds like a mild bug
<dgilmore> bios uses isolinux
<dgilmore> uefi uses grub
* satellit I haave not seen this before in testing
Comment 1 Adam Williamson 2016-09-27 18:24:12 UTC 
So when you say "I haave not seen this before in testing" - we need more specifics. Have you:

1) successfully written this same image with an earlier version of live media writer?
2) successfully written an earlier image with this same version of live media writer?

basically, the question is - did lmw change? or did the image change? or did you not actually test this combination (Workstation live written with live media writer) before at all?

Thanks!
Comment 2 Brian Lane 2016-09-27 19:06:29 UTC 
Booting of media written using anything other than dd are an issue for that tool, not lorax.

If the generated iso doesn't boot at all then it may be a lorax problem.

Stopping at gdm sounds like liveusb-creator didn't carry over the rd.live.image parameter which triggers creation of the liveuser and automatic login. Or that could be a problem with the spin kickstart script.
Comment 3 Adam Williamson 2016-09-27 19:12:58 UTC 
This is actually the new 'mediawriter' package rather than the old 'liveusb-creator' package.
Comment 4 satellitgo 2016-09-27 19:54:49 UTC 
upgraded to mediawriter-3.97.1-0.fc24.x86_64.rpm
Workstation-Live-x86_64-25-20160927.n.0.iso
writes USB from "other" and boots bios and efi
Comment 5 Adam Williamson 2016-09-27 20:38:18 UTC 
yeah, that combination worked for me too. so i think this was some kind of transient issue...OK if we close the bug?
Comment 6 Martin Bříza 2016-09-29 14:16:06 UTC 
If the media check on live system bootup succeeds, there's a really really tiny chance the bug is in mediawriter.
Comment 7 Martin Bříza 2016-12-05 09:56:21 UTC 
Closing. Please report the bug again if you experience any issues.