Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 143788
Installer says "Machine not supported" after clearing partitions in Kickstart install
Last modified: 2015-01-04 17:14:24 EST
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040616 Description of problem: When doing a Kickstart install on a Syntax motherboard I get the following message: "You are trying to install on a machine which isn't supported by this release of Fedora Core." But the installation already cleared my partition table and the system is gone. I specified clearpart in the kickstart file. I would expect the installer should check the architecture of the machine before wiping the disk. CPU info: Vendor Id: CentaurHauls Family: 6 Model: 7 Model Name: VIA Samuel2 Stepping: 3 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): anaconda-runtime-10.1.0.2-1.i386 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot FC3 disk1 2. linux ks=http://url/to/kickstart.cfg 3. bleccch Actual Results: Disk was wiped, install was halted Expected Results: Install would be halted with no changes Additional info: Is there any way to support this motherboard on a standard install? I know I am being cheap here, but FC3test3 worked just fine.
What is a "syntax motherboard"?
Here are the specs for the motherboard: Syntax - S8601MP - VIA Socket 370 microATX Motherboard with Audio, Video, USB 1.1, AMR, WOL and 10/100Mbps Ethernet LAN Support with integrated VIA C3 1.2Giga Pro Processor (S452-1002) See http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/searchtools/item-detailsInactive.asp?Sku=S452-1002 Further information: Debian Sarge (i386 w/2.6 kernel) loads and runs fine. It seems that the architecture description on FC3 is incorrect. In the kernel tree there are i586 and i686 specs but not i386.
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