Bug 4186 - kickstart lilo configuration fails if there is a dos part.
Summary: kickstart lilo configuration fails if there is a dos part.
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: installer
Version: 6.0
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jay Turner
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 1999-07-23 22:34 UTC by jeremy
Modified: 2015-01-07 23:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2000-02-08 12:26:16 UTC
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Description jeremy 1999-07-23 22:34:05 UTC
Using RH6.0, latest boot images, kickstart will work until
it tries to install lilo to the mbr.

I had an existing dos partition defined. When it gets to
the lilo installation point, I get an error that the boot
loader could not be installed. Being the inquisitive type,
I manually removed the dos section from /mnt/etc/lilo.conf
and ran /mnt/sbin/lilo -r /mnt, and then lilo installed.
When I went back to the error screen in the installer and
told it to retry, it failed again. So, I went back to the
shell prompt and cat'ed the /mnt/etc/lilo.conf and it
mysteriously had the dos section again.

Having the lilo portion of kickstart being configurable to
only deal with the linux partitions would be a plus. I can
go back an run lilo again after the machine is up. As it is,
this bug is a kickstart stopper.

Comment 1 Jay Turner 2000-02-08 12:26:59 UTC
Issue is resolved in the latest installer.


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