Bug 218162 - PC rendered unbootable by failed installation
Summary: PC rendered unbootable by failed installation
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Status: CLOSED NEXTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: anaconda
Version: 5.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2006-12-02 08:14 UTC by Need Real Name
Modified: 2008-04-18 11:15 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2008-04-18 11:15:13 UTC
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Description Need Real Name 2006-12-02 08:14:07 UTC
Description of problem:

Attempt to install AS5b2, 
encounter some  error (eg: specify wrong folder for HTTP methos), 
machine no longer boots from the CD ever again
(I suspect the hard drive partitions have killed the BIOS's ability to 
bootstrap)

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

beta2

How reproducible:

always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. install via HTTP
2. specify wrong folder
3. click the "abort" button when shown
4. attempt to reboot disc1 (fails - black screen forever)
  
Actual results:

PC lockup

Expected results:

disc1 boot

Additional info:

You should *not* write anything out onto the hard disc *before* you get to the 
stage where you format it - this includes the partition table, which is 
probably the reason this kills my PC.

Comment 1 Red Hat Bugzilla 2007-06-12 03:25:45 UTC
requested by Jams Antill

Comment 2 Chris Lumens 2008-04-18 11:15:13 UTC
This should be a lot better in RHEL6 as we have done a lot of work with changing
the order of the steps around in Fedora 9.  If you could please test that
release and let us know if you are still seeing these problems, it would be
helpful.  Thanks.


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