Bug 741994

Summary: For EFIGRUB the bootloader needs to be installed before writing grub.conf
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Brian Lane <bcl>
Component: anacondaAssignee: Brian Lane <bcl>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Priority: unspecified    
Version: 16CC: anaconda-maint-list, awilliam, jonathan, robatino, vanmeeuwen+fedora
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Hardware: x86_64   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard: AcceptedBlocker
Fixed In Version: anaconda-16.20-1.fc16 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Brian Lane 2011-09-28 18:16:32 UTC 
On EFI the grub.conf includes a device mapping line that ensures that hd(x,y) points to the right device. This information is pulled from efibootmgr -v, so the new entry needs to be made before writing grub.conf on EFI, not after.
Comment 1 Adam Williamson 2011-09-28 23:44:30 UTC 
marking as a beta blocker, this bug was effectively voted on and accepted as part of the go/no-go meeting today, in the discussion of #741781.
Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2011-09-29 01:15:45 UTC 
anaconda-16.20-1.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/anaconda-16.20-1.fc16
Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2011-09-29 04:48:20 UTC 
Package anaconda-16.20-1.fc16:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 16 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing anaconda-16.20-1.fc16'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/anaconda-16.20-1.fc16
then log in and leave karma (feedback).
Comment 4 Adam Williamson 2011-09-29 11:55:07 UTC 
verified by me, bcl and a few others with RC4.
Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2011-10-03 18:07:28 UTC 
anaconda-16.20-1.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.