Bug 253421 - Installer hangs at "Installing bootloader"
Summary: Installer hangs at "Installing bootloader"
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Status: CLOSED INSUFFICIENT_DATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: 8
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-08-19 07:26 UTC by Mark Chandler
Modified: 2008-08-06 20:19 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2008-08-06 20:19:56 UTC
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2007-08-19 07:26 UTC, Mark Chandler 		no flags Details
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Description Mark Chandler 2007-08-19 07:26:11 UTC 
Description of problem:
Installer hangs at "Installing bootloader".

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Use x86_64 (f8t1) DVD to install onto laptop with existing Windows & Linux
partitions
2. English/US install
3. Remove all Linux partitions
4. Grub bootloader to install on MBR of /dev/sda
5. Office Prod. & Software Dev. program groups
6. Configure primary interface as dynamic with manual hostname
  
Actual results:

Boot partition is not installed properly at the end of a clean install. Grub
doesn't work properly (hangs at 1.5) and no kernels appear to be installed in /boot.


Expected results:
Grub installed and OS boots.

Additional info:
Please see attached files for Anaconda log
Comment 1 Mark Chandler 2007-08-19 07:26:11 UTC 
Created attachment 161815 [details]
Anaconda Log
Comment 2 Jeremy Katz 2007-09-21 18:08:42 UTC 
How much memory does your machine have?
Comment 3 Mark Chandler 2007-09-22 01:37:34 UTC 
1 GiB
In case it's needed, this laptop's Smolt profile is here:
http://smolt.fedoraproject.org/show?UUID=976fd1ab-2fc1-4408-b430-bd09e8185767
Comment 4 Andy Lindeberg 2008-06-03 20:25:06 UTC 
Have you encountered the same problem with Fedora 9?
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