Bug 1003103 - Anaconda (F20) stuck at "Error checking storage configuration", cannot proceed
Summary: Anaconda (F20) stuck at "Error checking storage configuration", cannot proceed
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: 20
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-08-30 19:26 UTC by Richard W.M. Jones
Modified: 2014-03-14 19:55 UTC (History)
11 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
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Environment:
Last Closed: 2014-03-12 15:57:37 UTC
Type: Bug
Embargoed:


Attachments (Terms of Use)
screenshot (109.05 KB, image/png)
2013-08-30 19:26 UTC, Richard W.M. Jones
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Various anaconda log files (tarball) (144.54 KB, application/gzip)
2013-08-30 19:31 UTC, Richard W.M. Jones
no flags Details
anaconda.log (18.17 KB, text/plain)
2013-09-03 15:52 UTC, David Shea
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anaconda-tb-0RaZPo (183.76 KB, text/plain)
2013-09-03 15:52 UTC, David Shea
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anaconda-tb-ajwxFh (254.78 KB, text/plain)
2013-09-03 15:53 UTC, David Shea
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anaconda-tb-iRnuOo (325.33 KB, text/plain)
2013-09-03 15:53 UTC, David Shea
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ifcfg.log (1.80 KB, text/plain)
2013-09-03 15:53 UTC, David Shea
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program.log (50.33 KB, text/plain)
2013-09-03 15:54 UTC, David Shea
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storage.log (139.02 KB, text/plain)
2013-09-03 15:54 UTC, David Shea
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storage.state (44.00 KB, application/octet-stream)
2013-09-03 15:55 UTC, David Shea
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anaconda log (114.60 KB, text/plain)
2013-12-08 14:51 UTC, Bogdan
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storage log (594.39 KB, text/plain)
2013-12-08 14:52 UTC, Bogdan
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Description Richard W.M. Jones 2013-08-30 19:26:58 UTC
Created attachment 792306 [details]
screenshot

Description of problem:

I configured the "Installation Destination" spoke, but now it's
stuck saying "Error checking storage configuration".  There is no
way to proceed from here.  See attached screenshot.

This is a KVM guest with a blank 50 GB disk, backed by a raw format
logical volume on the host.

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

Fedora-20-Nightly-x86_64-Live-xfce-20130828.08-1.iso

How reproducible:

Unknown.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Run anaconda (manually, because the liveinst script is broken):
  # anaconda --liveinst --method=livecd:/dev/mapper/live-osimg-min
2. Get to the Installation Destination spoke and select your
  hard drive, all defaults for partitioning etc.

Actual results:

Stuck, cannot proceed.

Comment 1 Richard W.M. Jones 2013-08-30 19:31:50 UTC
Created attachment 792309 [details]
Various anaconda log files (tarball)

Comment 2 Steve Tyler 2013-08-31 08:40:43 UTC
AIUI, the "liveinst" command is the only supported way of starting the installer from the command-line. The "ANACONDA BLUESKY INSTALLATION" string in the upper right corner of the screenshot shows that the installer was not started with "liveinst".

Did you try the "liveinst" command?
(I am guessing the answer is "yes": Bug 1003106.)

Comment 3 Steve Tyler 2013-08-31 08:45:08 UTC
(In reply to Richard W.M. Jones from comment #0)
> ... the liveinst script is broken ...

Sorry, I missed that you had tried "liveinst".

Comment 4 David Shea 2013-09-03 15:52:28 UTC
Created attachment 793244 [details]
anaconda.log

Comment 5 David Shea 2013-09-03 15:52:51 UTC
Created attachment 793246 [details]
anaconda-tb-0RaZPo

Comment 6 David Shea 2013-09-03 15:53:09 UTC
Created attachment 793247 [details]
anaconda-tb-ajwxFh

Comment 7 David Shea 2013-09-03 15:53:29 UTC
Created attachment 793249 [details]
anaconda-tb-iRnuOo

Comment 8 David Shea 2013-09-03 15:53:52 UTC
Created attachment 793250 [details]
ifcfg.log

Comment 9 David Shea 2013-09-03 15:54:35 UTC
Created attachment 793251 [details]
program.log

Comment 10 David Shea 2013-09-03 15:54:57 UTC
Created attachment 793252 [details]
storage.log

Comment 11 David Shea 2013-09-03 15:55:17 UTC
Created attachment 793253 [details]
storage.state

Comment 12 David Shea 2013-09-03 15:57:06 UTC
(In reply to Richard W.M. Jones from comment #1)
> Created attachment 792309 [details]
> Various anaconda log files (tarball)

In the future, please attach log files as individual text/plain attachments so that we can search for them in bugzilla. Thanks.

Comment 13 Bogdan 2013-12-06 08:25:14 UTC
I can confirm it's still present in the FC20 Beta.

Comment 14 Bogdan 2013-12-06 15:00:22 UTC
It seems that Anaconda needs to make its own configuration, with a /boot partition containing /boot/uefi, root partition and swap. So when making a custom configuration without the boot partition, the error pops up.

Comment 15 Kevin Fenzi 2013-12-06 20:32:55 UTC
Bogdan: can you duplicate with the current test candidate and attach all the logs please?

http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/20-TC5/

Beta is very ancient at this point.

Comment 16 Bogdan 2013-12-06 21:22:35 UTC
I will download the latest build and attach all the logs, but for the record, I've read the anaconda log and the error seems to be "21:01:59,850 ERR anaconda: Your BIOS-based system needs a special partition to boot from a GPT disk label. To continue, please create a 1MB 'biosboot' type partition."

Making a 1MB biosboot partition will indeed fix the issue. Also, disabling bootloader installation if you already have GRUB installed and can make it see the Fedora system.

Comment 17 Bogdan 2013-12-08 14:51:10 UTC
Created attachment 834071 [details]
anaconda log

Comment 18 Bogdan 2013-12-08 14:52:43 UTC
Created attachment 834072 [details]
storage log

Comment 19 Brian Lane 2013-12-09 17:26:58 UTC
Bogdan, you should be seeing a storage error on the status hub, and when you enter the installation destination spoke and click on the orange bar at the bottom it will tell you the error.

This is not, as far as I can tell, the same as Richard's report which seems to be that he was stuck and could not re-enter the spoke.

Comment 20 Bogdan 2013-12-10 07:46:35 UTC
Didn't notice that, but I think it should be more obvious (like a pop-up appearing when clicking on Done, saying "you can't install Fedora without a biosboot partition"). It's really frustrating not knowing what's happening.

Comment 21 David Shea 2014-03-12 15:57:37 UTC
I believe rjones' issue was fixed long ago, and the visibility of the issues in Bogdan's issue has been improved by keeping you in custom partitioning if there are errors unless you hit Done twice or resolve them.

Comment 22 Bogdan 2014-03-14 19:55:41 UTC
Indeed, the team was really quick and solved it before the final release. Great job!


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