Anaconda 11.4.1.15 will get stuck trying to check the CD-ROM drive(s) for installation media, for about 15 seconds each. The message says: +----------------------| Scanning |--------------------+ | Looking for installation media on CD device /dev/sr0 | +------------------------------------------------------+ I'm told this is caused by a kernel bug where sr_mod reports inaccurate status after tray closure. For further info, see this thread on fedora-kernel-list, where pjones is trying to get a fix into the upstream kernel: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-kernel-list/2008-July/msg00037.html
If there is no kernel fix, any chance we could at least get a working [Cancel] button on that anaconda screen?
The patch to fix the CD drive status checking is in rawhide now. Can someone test it?
Still takes ~15s to timeout on an empty drive in my test machine, using today's rawhide snapshot (kernel-2.6.27-3.fc10, anaconda-11.4.1.48). What kernel/anaconda rev contained the patch you mention?
(In reply to comment #3) > What kernel/anaconda rev contained the patch you mention? 2.6.27-1.fc10 or later: * Thu Oct 09 2008 Peter Jones <pjones> - Fix the return code CD accesses when the CDROM drive door is closed but the drive isn't yet ready.
This should be fixed in the next anaconda build (anaconda-11.4.1.51). I've tested with a test build and it worked as expected.