Bug 78947

Summary: Install fails with Grub bootloader selected, when Grub has been previously installed.
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Brian Zammit <bzammit>
Component: installerAssignee: Jeremy Katz <katzj>
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE QA Contact: Brock Organ <borgan>
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Priority: medium    
Version: 8.0   
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Hardware: i386   
OS: Linux   
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Error dump from failed RH 8.0 installation when using grub as a boot loader. none

Description Brian Zammit 2002-12-03 20:52:34 UTC 
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Description of problem:
Install produces an error and fails when Grub is selected as the bootloader, and
Grub has been previously installed. Lilo works fine though.

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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.ftp installation of RH 8
2.choose grub as boot loader
3.server install, autopartition
4.choose no packages
5.wait for formatting, and packages to be installed
6.see error pop up
	

Actual Results:  had to reboot, and reinstall using lilo instead of grub for a
boot loader.

Expected Results:  install should of finished normally.

Additional info:
Comment 1 Brian Zammit 2002-12-03 20:54:08 UTC 
Created attachment 87267 [details]
Error dump from failed RH 8.0 installation when using grub as a boot loader.
Comment 2 Michael Fulbright 2002-12-06 17:37:08 UTC 
Did you manually unselect grub from the list of packaes to be installed? It was
not installed by the installer looking at the install log.
Comment 3 Brian Zammit 2002-12-07 23:26:59 UTC 
I unselected all packages from the install list. I selected grub now and it
work. This is still a BIG problem though. The installer should select GRUB as a
dependancy and automatically intall it, just like the installer selects lilo by
automatic dependancy.
Comment 4 Jeremy Katz 2003-01-10 06:50:59 UTC 
We make sure that this is done now.
Comment 5 Jeremy Katz 2006-04-24 18:07:06 UTC 
Mass-closing lots of old bugs which are in MODIFIED (and thus presumed to be
fixed).  If any of these are still a problem, please reopen or file a new bug
against the release which they're occurring in so they can be properly tracked.