Bug 220075 - Anaconda dislikes USB boot media, leading to backtrace
Summary: Anaconda dislikes USB boot media, leading to backtrace
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: 6
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2006-12-18 19:28 UTC by Jason Tibbitts
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:11 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2006-12-19 19:30:58 UTC
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Anaconda backtrace (1.74 KB, text/plain)
2006-12-18 19:28 UTC, Jason Tibbitts
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Description Jason Tibbitts 2006-12-18 19:28:59 UTC
I generally boot machines via USB.  FC6 seems to dislike having the boot media
still plugged in once the install process begins.  I get a dialog containing the
text:

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/dev/sda currently has a loop partition layout.  To use this disk for the
installation of Fedora Cored, it must be re-initialized, causing the loss of ALL
DATA on this drive.

Would you like to format this drive?
---

Not wanting to erase my boot media, I click "Ignore drive", at which point I
receive the included backtrace.

Unfortunately the log includes my entire kickstart file, which contains things I
would rather not make public, so I will attach just the backtrace and the local
variable dump; please let me know if there's additional information I can provide.
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Comment 1 Jason Tibbitts 2006-12-18 19:28:59 UTC
Created attachment 143930 [details]
Anaconda backtrace

Comment 2 Jason Tibbitts 2006-12-18 20:34:23 UTC
Gak, I apologize for not deleting that junk at the end.

In any case, a reasonable workaround for my situation is to boot with
"nousbstorage", which disables detection of USB storage media.  This is only
useful if you don't need to access any USB-based media in the installation. 
Unfortunately, it is not uncommon for me to need to pull driver disks off of a
USB stick.

Comment 3 Jeremy Katz 2006-12-19 19:30:58 UTC
The traceback should be resolved in rawhide; unfortunately, I don't really know
of a way to avoid popping up and asking the qeustion as generally, we want to a)
allow people to install to USB devices but b) require a partition table to be
present 

Comment 4 Jason Tibbitts 2006-12-19 19:34:49 UTC
I suppose it's possible to hide USB storage devices by default but then allow
them to be installed to via the "Advanced" button in the manner that iSCSI
targets are accessed.

I guess the question is whether it's more common to boot from a USB device or
install to one.  I know I've done the former hundreds of times but have never
done the latter, but it's quite possible my experience is atypical.


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