Bug 568343
| Summary: | 13-Alpha.RC3 install from USB drive fails with unknown device | |||
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| Product: | [Fedora] Fedora | Reporter: | Steve Tyler <stephent98> | |
| Component: | anaconda | Assignee: | Chris Lumens <clumens> | |
| Status: | CLOSED ERRATA | QA Contact: | Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa> | |
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | ||
| Priority: | low | |||
| Version: | 13 | CC: | awilliam, jlaska, jonathan, luca.botti, marcus.moeller, petersen, vanmeeuwen+fedora | |
| Target Milestone: | --- | |||
| Target Release: | --- | |||
| Hardware: | x86_64 | |||
| OS: | Linux | |||
| Whiteboard: | ||||
| Fixed In Version: | anaconda-13.38-1 | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
| Doc Text: | Story Points: | --- | ||
| Clone Of: | ||||
| : | 582380 616797 (view as bug list) | Environment: | ||
| Last Closed: | 2010-05-04 22:49:02 UTC | Type: | --- | |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- | |
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | ||
| Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | ||
| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | ||
| Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | ||
| Embargoed: | ||||
| Bug Depends On: | ||||
| Bug Blocks: | 507681, 582380 | |||
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Description
Steve Tyler
2010-02-25 13:54:23 UTC
(In reply to comment #0) > NB: My system is 64-bit, but I am booting the 32-bit ISO because the 64-bit ISO > fails for another reason. Same thing happens on my 32-bit laptop. Is your install source listed in the filtering UI there? If so, could you please check it and see if you get past this screen? Clicking "Exit installer" gives a black display with a responsive pointer. The consoles work, and it is possible to reboot from a console. (Verified on two systems.) Checking "Lexar USB Flash Drive" in addition to the intended destination drive allows the installation to proceed to the next step. Comment: The function of this dialog is not at all clear (in screenshot). Is it the "filtering UI"? (In reply to comment #2) > Is your install source listed in the filtering UI there? Yes, my install source is the "Lexar USB Flash Drive". Created attachment 396386 [details]
anaconda screenshot showing "Missing ISO 9660 Image" message
By checking "Lexar USB Flash Drive" I was able to get to this point:
"Missing ISO 9660 Image"
I chose basic install and custom disk layout (to install everything on one partition).
Created attachment 402670 [details] anaconda 13.36 traceback Reproduced with: anaconda 13.36 F13-Beta-TC1 Fedora-13-Beta-x86_64-netinst.iso http://serverbeach1.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/13-Beta.TC1/Fedora/x86_64/iso/ USB stick was installed with: $ sudo livecd-iso-to-disk --format Fedora-13-Beta-x86_64-netinst.iso /dev/sdc1 Traceback was generated with USR2 magic trick ... :-) Created attachment 402671 [details]
screenshot at the point when the traceback was generated
After rebooting into F12: [stephent@walnut ~]$ sudo blkid -s none [stephent@walnut ~]$ sudo blkid | grep sdc /dev/sdc1: LABEL="LIVE" UUID="3B82-3458" TYPE="vfat" [stephent@walnut ~]$ sudo dosfslabel /dev/sdc1 There are differences between boot sector and its backup. Differences: (offset:original/backup) 90:fa/0e, 91:fc/1f, 92:31/be, 93:c0/77, 94:8e/7c, 95:d0/ac, 96:bc/22 , 97:b4/c0, 98:7b/74, 99:06/0b, 100:57/56, 101:8e/b4, 102:c0/0e, 103:b9/bb , 104:08/07, 106:bf/cd, 107:b4/10, 108:7b/5e, 109:f3/eb, 110:a5/f0 ... , 495:6f/00, 496:72/00, 497:0d/00, 498:0a/00, 504:ae/00, 505:98/00 , 506:0b/00, 508:7f/00 Not automatically fixing this. LIVE [stephent@walnut ~]$ [stephent@walnut ~]$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdc Disk /dev/sdc: 8019 MB, 8019509248 bytes 251 heads, 11 sectors/track, 5672 cylinders Units = cylinders of 2761 * 512 = 1413632 bytes Disk identifier: 0x4606c5c9 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdc1 * 1 5673 7831518+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA) [stephent@walnut ~]$ Please don't repurpose this bug to talk about other issues as well. I'm actively working on a patch for the original issue and should have something by tomorrow. Adding various other problems is just going to confuse matters. (In reply to comment #9) > Please don't repurpose this bug to talk about other issues as well. I'm > actively working on a patch for the original issue and should have something by > tomorrow. Adding various other problems is just going to confuse matters. Sheesh, what did I do wrong now? I was reproducing this exact bug with F13-Beta-TC1 ... Pushed a fix to master, waiting to find out whether everyone else agrees that this is really a blocker before pushing to f13-branch. I love process. (In reply to comment #11) > Pushed a fix to master, waiting to find out whether everyone else agrees that > this is really a blocker before pushing to f13-branch. I love process. <g> Thanks, Chris. Looking back, I see there were two problems. There is an easy work-around for the first one (comment 2, comment 3), namely checking the USB stick. The second problem ("Missing ISO 9660 Image", comment 5) would seem to be a blocker for USB stick installation. Can you suggest a work-around to try? (In reply to comment #11) > Pushed a fix to master, waiting to find out whether everyone else agrees that > this is really a blocker before pushing to f13-branch. I love process. I don't have objections to taking this fix for F13 Final. But I should note that it seems using livecd-iso-to-disk in this manner is not a supported use of livecd-tools according to livecd-tools maintainer. The fixes in question are listed below for reference: * http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=anaconda.git;a=commit;h=8e62952a0e52d9ac5df781eb2f4ff5915208602b * http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=anaconda.git;a=commit;h=969bc59946f528b273d1309e4e8f489d5821cdcb (In reply to comment #13) ... > But I should note > that it seems using livecd-iso-to-disk in this manner is not a supported use of > livecd-tools according to livecd-tools maintainer. ... The F12 installation guide documents the use of livecd-iso-to-disk here. AIUI, boot.iso and *netinst.iso are identical. http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f12/en-US/html-single/#sect-New_Users-Alternative_Boot_Methods (In reply to comment #14) > (In reply to comment #13) > ... > > But I should note > > that it seems using livecd-iso-to-disk in this manner is not a supported use of > > livecd-tools according to livecd-tools maintainer. > ... > > The F12 installation guide documents the use of livecd-iso-to-disk here. > AIUI, boot.iso and *netinst.iso are identical. > > http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f12/en-US/html-single/#sect-New_Users-Alternative_Boot_Methods Thanks for the link Steve. The linked document only pertains to boot.iso (netinst.iso). The livecd-tools maintainer, indicated that livecd-iso-to-disk is not supported for writing DVD media to a USB key for install. We'll need to chase that down outside of this specific bug. *** Bug 582887 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** *** Bug 582895 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** Moving back to assigned until a fix is in the testing repo. BTW I think a workaround is to go into the boot.iso boot menu and remove the last kernel option (hd_repo=....), but not very obvious. Original issue also affects RHEL 6. Sorry, not willed to open another bug for that. Maybe Bugzilla will somewhen have an option to declare affected target distributions. Testing with TC1: after writing netinst.iso to a USB stick with livecd-iso-to-disk (from an up-to-date F13 machine), I can successfully boot the stick and proceed deep into installation. I note that, at the stage where you select what storage devices will be involved in the install, the USB stick is pre-selected and it is impossible to de-select it. However, at the 'Data Storage Devices' / 'Install Target Devices' stage I run into another bug, which I've described at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=588493#c2 . Not sure if that should now be nominated a blocker. I think this specific bug is fixed, though. Should we close? -- Fedora Bugzappers volunteer triage team https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers we're tracking the other problem in that other bug, so closing this. |