Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 16307
Bug in installation scripts
Last modified: 2008-05-01 11:37:57 EDT
If you fill up the install dialog panels, and get to th epoint that you are ready to install, and then decide to <BACK> thru some of the panels maybe to check some settings, or reset a setting, and then <NEXT> thru the panels, there are 2 issues: 1) certain panels clear the settings as you re-enter them ("next"ing into them) This is inconvenient. It would be nice if they remembered the old settings. Specifically, the disk druid panel. if you set your mount points, and then back up to the fdisk, when you next into disk druid, you have to re-enter the mount points. 2) certain panels appear to remember the settings, but in actual fact, the remembered settings are not passed onto the installation, and once you boot the installed system, you find, way too late, that the settings are dropped. Speficically: timezone setting network setting (ip settings) to see what I am talking about, set these to non-default values, next forward to the "about to install page", then <PREV> back top the disk druid page, then <NEXT> forward. You will see your timezone selected, and your IP info as you entered. then do the install. then boot up. wrong timezone (i think it is the default one), and some or all of your IP settings are not set. I don't think it is so uncommon to BACK thru the install panel, for example to confirm settings. it can also happen for legit reasons. for example, install tells you that "/" is to small, to you "BACK" to disk druid, reassign the "/" partition to a larger one, or whatever, and <NEXT> thru to the install. The install will have bad timezone, and teh network will not be properly setup. -Greg
Please verify this Brent.
Addressing issue number one, the installer will remember your changes in certain situations. For example, imagine that I enter the mount point screen, set my mount points, and click "Next" to go to the next screen. Now, if I click "Back two or three times and eventually click "Next" a number of times so that I re-enter the mount point screen, my changes will be remembered. This is because clicking "Next" at the mount point screen causes the changes to be remembered, but if you click "Back" first, the changes will not be remembered. This is not the behavior that the user expects. This bug will be added to our list for the next release. Issue number two is related but different. I will look at it soon.
I was not able to reproduce bug related to second issue. In fact, I tested this and it seems to be working correctly. As for the first issue, the changes take effect when 'Next' is pressed. The reason that the changes do not take effect on clicking 'Back' is because 'Back' is meant to provide the user a way to back out of the screen without any committing to any changes. I'm resolving as not a bug.