Bug 2074439 - Network configuration is missing when Everything netinst is booted with inst.profile=fedora-workstation
Summary: Network configuration is missing when Everything netinst is booted with inst....
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Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: 39
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2022-04-12 08:55 UTC by Kamil Páral
Modified: 2023-08-16 07:05 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2023-05-25 15:31:36 UTC
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screenshot of netinst with fedora-workstation profile (106.10 KB, image/png)
2022-04-12 08:56 UTC, Kamil Páral
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screenshot of netinst with the default profile (105.30 KB, image/png)
2022-04-12 08:57 UTC, Kamil Páral
no flags Details

Description Kamil Páral 2022-04-12 08:55:09 UTC
Description of problem:
If I boot Fedora Everything netinst ISO with "inst.profile=fedora-workstation" boot option [1], there is no Network configuration spoke. That means that on a laptop with just a wifi and no ethernet cable, I can't connect to wifi, and therefore I can't perform the installation at all.

The Network spoke shouldn't be missing on netinst, because people have no other way to configure network. (That is different from Live, where they can use the OS, and also network is not needed there, because the installation is done offline).

I already noticed this problem with Fedora 35, but nobody is going to fix it there, so I'm reporting this against latest F36.


[1] https://anaconda-installer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/boot-options.html#profile-options


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
anaconda 36.16.4-1.fc36
Fedora-Everything-netinst-x86_64-36-20220411.n.0.iso


How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. take a laptop with wifi and no ethernet cable
2. boot Everything netinst ISO with inst.profile=fedora-workstation boot option
3. see that you can't configure network, which means you can't install


Additional info:
Why am I using Everything netinst with inst.profile=fedora-workstation?
Because sometimes I want a fully up-to-date system right after installation, instead of installing Workstation from Live and then updating it, which takes much longer. If I want a proper Workstation experience, I can't use default Everything netinst, because some parts differ (e.g. a different filesystem layout and a different grub configuration). The solution (as suggested by official docs) is to use "inst.profile=fedora-workstation".

Comment 1 Kamil Páral 2022-04-12 08:56:43 UTC
Created attachment 1871908 [details]
screenshot of netinst with fedora-workstation profile

See that the Network spoke is missing.
(User+Root account creation spokes are also missing, but that's expected for Workstation and not a problem).

Comment 2 Kamil Páral 2022-04-12 08:57:18 UTC
Created attachment 1871909 [details]
screenshot of netinst with the default profile

Compare to the default netinst profile.

Comment 3 Ben Cotton 2023-04-25 17:00:30 UTC
This message is a reminder that Fedora Linux 36 is nearing its end of life.
Fedora will stop maintaining and issuing updates for Fedora Linux 36 on 2023-05-16.
It is Fedora's policy to close all bug reports from releases that are no longer
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Comment 4 Ludek Smid 2023-05-25 15:31:36 UTC
Fedora Linux 36 entered end-of-life (EOL) status on 2023-05-16.

Fedora Linux 36 is no longer maintained, which means that it
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Comment 5 Fedora Release Engineering 2023-08-16 07:05:32 UTC
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora Linux 39 development cycle.
Changing version to 39.


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