Bug 916771
| Summary: | Anaconda clears Memory Technology Devices (MTD), which are not valid install targets | ||||||||
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| Product: | [Fedora] Fedora | Reporter: | D. Marlin <dmarlin> | ||||||
| Component: | python-blivet | Assignee: | Chris Lumens <clumens> | ||||||
| Status: | CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE | QA Contact: | Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa> | ||||||
| Severity: | unspecified | Docs Contact: | |||||||
| Priority: | unspecified | ||||||||
| Version: | 18 | CC: | bcl, dlehman, g.kaviyarasu, jonathan, sbueno, vanmeeuwen+fedora | ||||||
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| Target Release: | --- | ||||||||
| Hardware: | Unspecified | ||||||||
| OS: | Linux | ||||||||
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| Fixed In Version: | python-blivet-0.8 | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | ||||||
| Doc Text: | Story Points: | --- | |||||||
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| Last Closed: | 2014-01-29 20:34:01 UTC | Type: | Bug | ||||||
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- | ||||||
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| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |||||||
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Created attachment 703999 [details]
anaconda program log
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Created attachment 703998 [details] anaconda storage log Description of problem: Anaconda clears Memory Technology Devices (MTDs), which are not valid install targets. MTD is NAND flash, and requires special tools to erase/write it. Anaconda appears to see it as a standard block device (which is it not) and tries to use it (erase and relabel), destroying the contents of the device (in this case, the bootloader), rendering the system unusable. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): anaconda-18.37.12-1 How reproducible: Only tried once, since it is destructive (renders system unbootable) Steps to Reproduce: 1. include 'clearpart --all' in the kickstart file 2. Perform a kickstart install on a system with NAND flash (i.e., mtdblock0) 3. Actual results: Anaconda attempts to erase and relabel the MTD, which fails and results in an incomplete install, as well as wiping out the bootloader leaving the system unbootable. See storage and program logs included. Expected results: Install ignores MTD and proceeds to provision the system normally. Additional info: I tested this on a new Marvell (Matrix) server, which uses NAND flash to store the bootloader and other system configuration information. To test that this is the only issue, I added: ignoredisk --only-use=sda clearpart --all --drives=sda to the kickstart file to ensure MTD (the NAND flash device) was not used. The install completed successfully.