Bug 1929105

Summary: [Regression] Cannot install the system when hard disk is pre-hosting a CDROM image
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Reporter: Renaud Métrich <rmetrich>
Component: anacondaAssignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team <anaconda-maint-list>
Status: CLOSED MIGRATED QA Contact: Release Test Team <release-test-team-automation>
Severity: high Docs Contact: Sagar Dubewar <sdubewar>
Priority: high    
Version: 8.3CC: jkonecny, jstodola, sbueno, sdubewar, vslavik, vtrefny
Target Milestone: rcKeywords: MigratedToJIRA, TestCaseNeeded, Triaged
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OS: Linux   
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Doc Text:
.Hard drive partitioned installations with iso9660 filesystem fails You cannot install RHEL on systems where the hard drive is partitioned with the `iso9660` filesystem. This is due to the updated installation code that is set to ignore any hard disk containing a `iso9660` file system partition. This happens even when RHEL is installed without using a DVD. To workaround this problem, add the following script in the kickstart file to format the disc before the installation starts. Note: Before performing the workaround, backup the data available on the disk. The `wipefs` command formats all the existing data from the disk. [literal,subs="quotes"] ---- %pre wipefs -a __/dev/sda__ %end ---- As a result, installations work as expected without any errors.
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Last Closed: 2023-09-18 15:02:50 UTC Type: Bug
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Anaconda logs with kickstart in run/install none

Description Renaud Métrich 2021-02-16 08:37:33 UTC 
Created attachment 1757202 [details]
Anaconda logs with kickstart in run/install

Created attachment 1757202 [details]
Anaconda logs with kickstart in run/install

Description of problem:

When the hard drive contains a preloaded CDROM image, the system cannot be installed, due to python-blivet excluding any hard disk containing a iso9660 file system partition.
This happens even when the installation is performed without using a DVD at all.

The reason for this seems new detection code introduced with 8.3

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

anaconda-33.16.3.26-1.el8


How reproducible:

ALWAYS


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Attach a disk to a VM and copy a DVD on it

  # dd if=/dev/sr0 of=/dev/sdb bs=10M
 
2. Detach the disk and attach it to a new VM to install

  The VM was configured with a DVD drive (unused), but this doesn't change anything.

3. Install the system using a kickstart (/run/install/ks.cfg in anaconda.tar.gz)

-------- 8< ---------------- 8< ---------------- 8< ---------------- 8< --------
[...]
zerombr
clearpart --all --initlabel
autopart --type=lvm
bootloader --location=mbr
[...]
-------- 8< ---------------- 8< ---------------- 8< ---------------- 8< --------


Actual results:

Console:
-------- 8< ---------------- 8< ---------------- 8< ---------------- 8< --------
Saving storage configuration...
Failed to save storage configuration
No usable disks.
-------- 8< ---------------- 8< ---------------- 8< ---------------- 8< --------

storage.log:
-------- 8< ---------------- 8< ---------------- 8< ---------------- 8< --------
DEBUG:anaconda.storage:Marking device sr0 as protected.
DEBUG:anaconda.storage:Marking device sda as protected.
-------- 8< ---------------- 8< ---------------- 8< ---------------- 8< --------

Expected results:

/dev/sda gets repartitioned and system installs

Additional info:

This is a critical issue for customers deploying system booting on a pre-initialized hard disk hosting a pre-boot environment.
Comment 1 Vojtech Trefny 2021-02-16 09:50:31 UTC 
Moving this to Anaconda, it is marking all iso9660 devices as protected to be able to use them as installation sources. I believe the change was introduced because of https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1856264.

Related upstream PRs:
https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/2746
https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/2747
Comment 2 Jan Stodola 2021-02-16 09:54:03 UTC 
The disk is also not visible in UI during manual installation.

A workaround for kickstart installation is to clean the disk in %pre script, for example:

%pre
wipefs -a /dev/sda
%end
Comment 18 RHEL Program Management 2023-09-18 15:00:49 UTC 
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