Bug 530710

Summary:	Network Installation from USB Stick Fails
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Daniel Qarras <dqarras>
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Anaconda Maintenance Team <anaconda-maint-list>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description Daniel Qarras 2009-10-24 12:03:05 UTC

Description of problem:
Using fedora/linux/releases/test/12-Beta/Fedora/i386/iso/Fedora-12-Beta-i386-netinst.iso from a USB stick does not work as it should (see bug 491725 for background). Trying to install onto to a T61 has following issues:

- installer asks for partition and directory holding installation image for Fedora - I wonder why cannot the installer try probing with LABEL directive? An ordinary user will get easily confused here. All in all, not a critical issue.

- when installer is searching for storage device it shows an error when processing the USB stick used for installation and asks whether to ignore or re-initialize - I think the installation source should be skipped automatically.

- after selecting 'Ignore drive' a window titled "Unknown Device" with text "The installation source given by device /dev/sdb1 could not be found. Please check your parameters adn try again." and the only option is "Exit installer".

Thus, Fedora 12 Beta installation has failed from a USB stick.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Fedora 12 Beta

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. See the description

Additional info:
This is IMHO rather important since some (mini) laptops are without a CD drive nowadays

Comment 1 Jerry Vonau 2009-10-26 01:10:47 UTC

This looks to be a dup of 528809

Comment 2 Chris Lumens 2009-10-26 14:42:19 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 528809 ***