Bug 1391880

Summary: The "Modify" function in the Device(s) section of /boot in the MANUAL PARTITIONING page makes people confused
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Reporter: Qin Yuan <qiyuan>
Component: anacondaAssignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team <anaconda-maint-list>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: Release Test Team <release-test-team>
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Priority: unspecified    
Version: 8.1CC: anaconda-maint-list, aoconnor, bugs, cshao, huzhao, jkonecny, leiwang, qiyuan, sbueno, weiwang, yaniwang, ycui
Target Milestone: alphaFlags: jkonecny: needinfo? (sbueno)
Target Release: 8.1   
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Description Qin Yuan 2016-11-04 10:09:20 UTC
Created attachment 1217345 [details]
Issue Description with Screenshots

Description of problem:
Install RHVH via anaconda, the "Modify" button in the Device(s) section of /boot is enabled in the MANUAL PARTITIONING page.
If the server has multiple disks, click this button and attempt to choose devices, the boot device specified by the "Full disk summary and boot loader..." link at the bottom of the INSTALLATION DESTINATION page must be chosen, otherwise there will be an error.
What's more, if choose multiple devices for /boot, only the boot device will be mounted on /boot, the others will have no effect. 

So, the device "Modify" configuration of /boot makes people confused, and the issue is whether this button should be enabled.

There is a detailed description with screenshots in the attachment named "issue description.odp". 


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
redhat-virtualization-host-4.0-20161027.1
imgbased-0.8.6-0.1.el7ev.noarch 


How reproducible:
100%
Not Regression bug
Keywords: Installation
 

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install RHVH via anaconda on a server having multiple disks.
2. Select a boot device via the "Full disk summary and boot loader..." link.
3. Manually configure partitions.
4. Click the "Modify button" in Device(s) section of /boot, choose any device except the boot device, then click Done.
5. Click the "Modify button" in Device(s) section of /boot again, choose the boot device plus any other device, then click Done.


Actual results:
1. After step4, there is an error indication line at the bottom of the MANUAL PARTITIONING page.
2. After step5, the devices modification succeed, but the device mounted on /boot is only the boot device, don't include other devices specified in "Modify" configuration. 

Expected results:
1. After step4, the "Modify" button in the Device(s) section of /boot should be disabled. 

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Comment 1 Qin Yuan 2016-11-04 10:09:54 UTC
Created attachment 1217346 [details]
/var/log*,/tmp/*,ks

Comment 3 Sandro Bonazzola 2018-11-28 11:14:29 UTC
This missed 7.3 -> 7.6; can we have a target milestone for this? 7.6.z? 7.7?

Comment 4 Jiri Konecny 2018-11-29 08:59:47 UTC
Anaconda is not doing Z streams but we will look on this during 7.7 planning.

Comment 5 Sandro Bonazzola 2019-06-14 07:16:27 UTC
Missed 7.7, retrying with 8.1 for RHV 4.4

Comment 6 Sandro Bonazzola 2020-03-18 11:11:12 UTC
Missed 8.1 and 8.2, not tracking this anymore for RHV 4.4.

Comment 9 RHEL Program Management 2020-12-01 07:27:34 UTC
After evaluating this issue, there are no plans to address it further or fix it in an upcoming release.  Therefore, it is being closed.  If plans change such that this issue will be fixed in an upcoming release, then the bug can be reopened.