Bug 49947

Summary:	Rescue mode missing mtab file
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa>
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Jeremy Katz <katzj>
Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE	QA Contact:	Brock Organ <borgan>
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Priority:	high
Version:	7.3
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Description Tom "spot" Callaway 2001-07-25 16:01:30 UTC

Description of Problem:
There isnt an mtab file created in rescue mode. This means that grub wont
update the boot record. Fixing the boot record is one of the main reasons
to go into rescue mode.

How Reproducible:
Always.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot into rescue mode, run grub-install.
2. Watch it not work.

Actual Results:

Doesn't work, mtab file missing.

Expected Results:

Bootloader rewritten.

Comment 1 Glen Foster 2001-07-25 23:09:30 UTC

This defect is considered SHOULD-FIX for the Fairfax release.

Comment 2 Jeremy Katz 2001-08-01 20:29:51 UTC

fixed in cvs