Bug 692414

Summary:	Installation continues after failed media check
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Kamil Páral <kparal>
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Anaconda Maintenance Team <anaconda-maint-list>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	15	CC:	anaconda-maint-list, jonathan, vanmeeuwen+fedora
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Description Kamil Páral 2011-03-31 10:00:06 UTC

Description of problem:
In bug #692135 the anaconda media check failed for me. However, after clicking on OK the installation started as usual. See attachment #488766 [details]. I think that's not a good approach. If we know the installation image is corrupted, we shouldn't continue with installation.

Rationale: The user may not notice the error message, very often one only quickly looks over the message and hits OK. Then he can end up with corrupted install/crashing install/etc.

Proposal: When media check fails, show the dialog and offer only "Reboot" button. In the dialog recommend checking the hashsum of the ISO image and burning again.

If the user decides to circumvent the error and install anyway, he can always reboot and skip the media check. But making that harder is better than allowing some people to do that without properly noticing.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
anaconda 15.25

Comment 1 Chris Lumens 2011-03-31 12:41:34 UTC

Media check is only a best effort - it will never be able to 100% detect error conditions.  Forcing the user to go through a reboot step is more of an annoyance than anything else.  Maybe if media check were perfect, I'd be okay with it.  But it's not and it's never going to be.