Description of problem: When trying to install a minimal version of Fedora 29 in a VirtualBox VM, the bootloader cannot be installed. Version-Release number of selected component: anaconda-29.24.3 The following was filed automatically by anaconda: anaconda 29.24.3 exception report Traceback (most recent call first): File "/usr/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/bootloader.py", line 1629, in write_config raise BootLoaderError("failed to write boot loader configuration") File "/usr/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/bootloader.py", line 1676, in write self.write_config() File "/usr/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/bootloader.py", line 2527, in writeBootLoaderFinal storage.bootloader.write() File "/usr/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/bootloader.py", line 2608, in writeBootLoader writeBootLoaderFinal(storage, payload, instClass, ksdata) File "/usr/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/installation_tasks.py", line 438, in run_task self._task(*self._task_args, **self._task_kwargs) File "/usr/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/installation_tasks.py", line 472, in start self.run_task() File "/usr/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/installation_tasks.py", line 304, in start item.start() File "/usr/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/installation_tasks.py", line 304, in start item.start() File "/usr/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/installation.py", line 375, in doInstall installation_queue.start() File "/usr/lib64/python3.7/threading.py", line 865, in run self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs) File "/usr/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/threading.py", line 286, in run threading.Thread.run(self) pyanaconda.bootloader.BootLoaderError: failed to write boot loader configuration Additional info: addons: com_redhat_kdump, com_redhat_docker blivet-gui-utils.log: cmdline: /usr/bin/python3 /sbin/anaconda cmdline_file: BOOT_IMAGE=vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img inst.stage2=hd:LABEL=Fedora-WS-dvd-x86_64-29 quiet executable: /sbin/anaconda hashmarkername: anaconda kernel: 4.18.5-300.fc29.x86_64 product: Fedora release: Cannot get release name. release_type: pre-release type: anaconda version: 29
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I'm running into this too on my most recent F29 prerelease remixes. :(
Based on this from program log: 10:34:02,194 INF program: error: ../grub-core/script/lexer.c:337:$. 10:34:02,194 INF program: error: ../grub-core/script/lexer.c:337:syntax error. 10:34:02,194 INF program: error: ../grub-core/script/lexer.c:337:Incorrect command. 10:34:02,195 INF program: error: ../grub-core/script/lexer.c:337:syntax error. 10:34:02,195 INF program: Syntax error at line 79 10:34:02,195 INF program: Syntax errors are detected in generated GRUB config file. 10:34:02,196 INF program: Ensure that there are no errors in /etc/default/grub 10:34:02,196 INF program: and /etc/grub.d/* files or please file a bug report with 10:34:02,197 INF program: /boot/grub2/grub.cfg.new file attached. 10:34:02,197 DBG program: Return code: 1 This looks like a grub2 issue in scripts. Switching components.
Turns out I had a few outdated packages in my local repo... that I had put there... because they hadn't hit updates testing or stable yet. Getting rid of those, I'm not having the problem anymore.