Bug 38642

Summary:	Installer on 7.1 skips driver menu in expert or dd modes
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	aengler
Component:	installer	Assignee:	Brent Fox <bfox>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Brock Organ <borgan>
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	7.1
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Description aengler 2001-05-01 20:11:35 UTC

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I wanted to try to get around the aic7xxx bug by using a driver off the 
drivers image disk.  However, the installer skips the part where you get 
to pick a driver from the list.  This problem does not occur in the 7.0 
installer.  Without the ability to install a different driver, I can't 
even attempt to get around the aic7xxx bug.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Run installer, select expert or dd mode
2.Go ahead and try to install an alternate ai7xxx driver.
3.Driver list is skipped.
	

I rank this as HIGH priority since you cannot install the OS without the 
ability to install from a drivers disk.

Comment 1 Brent Fox 2001-05-02 14:18:50 UTC

You need to run the installer with 'linux noprobe dd'.  Does that fix the problem?

Comment 2 aengler 2001-05-02 15:19:04 UTC

I don't know, I gave up and installed 7.0.  I may try upgrading in the future, 
or most likely trying it on a test server.

Comment 3 Brent Fox 2001-05-02 19:07:46 UTC

Ok.  I'm going to close the bug then.  If you decide to give it another try and
the problem still persists, please reopen the bug.  Thanks for your report.