Bug 771806
| Summary: | Cannot use kickstart file to install RHEL 6.2 into a blank harddisk | ||||||||
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| Product: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Reporter: | lee_yiu_chung | ||||||
| Component: | anaconda | Assignee: | RHEL Program Management <pm-rhel> | ||||||
| Status: | CLOSED NOTABUG | QA Contact: | Brock Organ <borgan> | ||||||
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |||||||
| Priority: | unspecified | ||||||||
| Version: | 6.2 | CC: | notting | ||||||
| Target Milestone: | rc | ||||||||
| Target Release: | --- | ||||||||
| Hardware: | x86_64 | ||||||||
| OS: | Linux | ||||||||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |||||||
| Doc Text: | Story Points: | --- | |||||||
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| Last Closed: | 2012-07-03 17:34:57 UTC | Type: | --- | ||||||
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- | ||||||
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |||||||
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| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |||||||
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Created attachment 550800 [details]
attached the error screen
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Created attachment 550797 [details] kickstart file Description of problem: I am trying using a kickstart file (see attachment) to install RHEL 6.2 into a new virtual machine (the MBR sector of the harddisk is all zero), however I found that the installer cannot go through the harddisk partition. It failed after I chose "Use All Space" at harddisk partition option. The error message is: "You have not defined a root partition (/), which is required for installation of RHEL to continue. You have not created a/boot/efi partition This can happen if there is not enough space on your harddrive(s) for installation." (note: I am using BIOS, not (U)EFI) However, if I create a MBR partition table (without any partition is OK) before RHEL installation, then there is no problem. The same kickstart file works for RHEL 6.1 with blank harddisk (with enmpty MBR). How reproducible: Always reproducible Steps to Reproduce: 1. create a new virtual machine with blank harddisk image (or, a real blank harddisk) 2. boot the RHEL 6.2 iso 3. at boot menu, press tab and append ks=<kickstart_file_location> and press enter to boot 4. go through the boot option as usual until harddisk partition options 5. Choose "Use All Space" at harddisk partition options 6. error occurs Actual results: Error occurred and cannot continue installation Expected results: partition harddisk and continue installation