Description of problem: I am seeing a consistent anaconda crash with the following setup. Note that the instructions below assume 1 PATA/SATA HD, and that the USB disk will be assigned sdb and have 1 partition... Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): anaconda-11.4.0.82-1.i386 anaconda-runtime-11.4.0.82-1.i386 How reproducible: 100% :-) Steps to Reproduce: 1 - take a revisor-created ISO 2 - store it in a USB flash drive vfat formatted with this script (it stores the whole ISO on disk) http://dev.laptop.org/git?p=projects/xs-livecd;a=blob;f=util/mkusbinstall;h=e90b238e4d41a8fa00c64366ff34665f77b112c3;hb=HEAD 3 - on the syslinux menu, add to the kernel cmdline: ks=hd:sdb1:ks.cfg 4 - when stage 1 asks about the install source, pick 'hard drive' and point it to /dev/sdb1 , path 'iso' 5 - anaconda works through the installation correctly, until it is done with installing rpms... 6 - the anaconda debug dialog pops up... I entered debugging mode, I found myself in this location of the code File "/usr/lib/booty/bootloaderInfo.py", line 939, in grubbyDiskName return "hd%d" % self.drivelist.index(name) and name was sdb, but self.drivelist was ["sda"]. Logs attached...
Created attachment 316026 [details] anaconda.log
Created attachment 316027 [details] anacdump.txt.gz
Testing a bit more indicated that the problem is with the disk format. The bug was triggered with the installation running from a vfat-formatted FAT32 partition. The same disk, repartitioned and reformatted to ext3 completes installation without a hitch.
We might have already fixed this in Rawhide. Can you give us a try and see if it's still a problem?
Are anaconda / anaconda-runtime compatible with F9 in general, and revisor/pungi in particular?
I am seeing the same problem when installing F9 from stock DVD with kickstart on (FAT) USB. the only way install sompletes is with --clearpart all (which also clears the USB stick with the kickstart info). --clearpart linux will keep the USB stick intact, but fail on grubby
Can you give this a try with F10?
I will try it out, but it would be a real help if this could be fixed/backported to F9, because I can't yet use F10 for certain computers.
Actually -- narrowed this down to the driveorder option. We are hitting this problem: http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-15568
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