Bug 222987 - when attempting to write grub, unhandled exception occurs
Summary: when attempting to write grub, unhandled exception occurs
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
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Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: grub
Version: 6
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Peter Jones
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-01-17 11:51 UTC by Mutlu Dogruel
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:11 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2007-01-17 19:01:51 UTC
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Description Mutlu Dogruel 2007-01-17 11:51:38 UTC
Description of problem:


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


How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1. When re-installing Fedora 6 (without re-formatting partitions) 
this problem occurs every time, in the first time installation it didn't happen,
though.
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Actual results:

At the end of the installation, grub gives an unhandled exception and it doesn't
install at all.

Expected results:


Additional info:

File "/usr/lib/booty/bootloaderinfo.py", line 738, in "writeGrub"
also in line 1188, in "write"
...

Comment 1 Mutlu Dogruel 2007-01-17 19:06:58 UTC
Grub attempted to write to a partition, /boot, that was removed (accidentally).
When "upgrade install" is selected the Feodra installer Anaconda must check if
/boot is there and writable to avoid a disappointment at the end of installation.



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