Bug 468885 - Fedora 10 snapshot 3 fails to install via NFS
Summary: Fedora 10 snapshot 3 fails to install via NFS
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Chris Lumens
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Depends On:
Blocks: F10AnacondaBlocker
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-10-28 16:38 UTC by Paul Moore
Modified: 2013-01-10 04:52 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2008-11-08 00:04:41 UTC
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Attachments (Terms of Use)
Screen capture of failed NFS install (66.29 KB, image/png)
2008-10-28 16:38 UTC, Paul Moore
no flags Details
Screen capture of failed NFS install with a manually created loopback mount (60.85 KB, image/png)
2008-10-28 16:40 UTC, Paul Moore
no flags Details
Anaconda Log (36.19 KB, text/plain)
2008-10-28 18:22 UTC, Paul Moore
no flags Details
Anaconda Log using clumens update from #7 (37.39 KB, text/plain)
2008-10-30 16:33 UTC, Paul Moore
no flags Details
Anaconda Log using clumens update from #9 (36.92 KB, text/plain)
2008-10-30 20:03 UTC, Paul Moore
no flags Details

Description Paul Moore 2008-10-28 16:38:51 UTC
Created attachment 321707 [details]
Screen capture of failed NFS install

Description of problem:
When installing Fedora 10 snapshot 3 using a NFS repository the install fails with a "metadata error".

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Fedora 10 snapshot 3

How reproducible:
Everytime

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Try to install Fedora 10 snapshot 3 using a NFS repository
  
Actual results:
See attachment and above description

Expected results:
Working installation

Additional info:
This method of installation has worked for me without problems for multiple Fedora/RHEL releases up to and including F8, I haven't tried F9.

Comment 1 Paul Moore 2008-10-28 16:40:18 UTC
Created attachment 321708 [details]
Screen capture of failed NFS install with a manually created loopback mount

When I tried manually creating a loopback mount on the NFS server for the ISO image I get the following error.

Comment 2 Paul Moore 2008-10-28 16:42:42 UTC
As an FYI, the NFS directory contains the following files:

 * Fedora-10-Snap3-x86_64-DVD.iso
 * install.img
 * images (symlink to '.')

Comment 3 Chris Lumens 2008-10-28 16:56:03 UTC
Can you attach /tmp/anaconda.log to this bug report?

Comment 4 Paul Moore 2008-10-28 18:22:47 UTC
Created attachment 321716 [details]
Anaconda Log

Requested logfile, /tmp/anaconda.log

Comment 5 Chris Lumens 2008-10-28 18:29:05 UTC
Does it work if you pass method=nfsiso:... instead of method=nfs:... ?

Comment 6 Paul Moore 2008-10-28 18:56:29 UTC
When I used "nfsiso" instead of "nfs" the text portion of the installer asks me to pick an install method.

Comment 7 Chris Lumens 2008-10-30 14:49:39 UTC
Okay, does keeping method=nfs: but using updates=http://clumens.fedorapeople.org/468885.img fix things?  The problem here is we're simply never mounting the ISO images.

Comment 8 Paul Moore 2008-10-30 16:33:37 UTC
Created attachment 321958 [details]
Anaconda Log using clumens update from #7

When using the update from comment #7 Anaconda throws an exception and the install has to be aborted.

Comment 9 Chris Lumens 2008-10-30 17:35:42 UTC
Oh, sorry about that - I was mixing up two different methods of fixing this problem.  Could you please retry with the same updates image?

Comment 10 Paul Moore 2008-10-30 20:03:18 UTC
Created attachment 321983 [details]
Anaconda Log using clumens update from #9

Another exception, see the attached log.  Are you guys not able to reproduce this problem locally?  I'm happy to help verify a fix but it seems like I'm doing the unit testing here ...

Comment 11 Chris Lumens 2008-10-31 17:58:48 UTC
Sorry about that, the proper fix should be in the next build of anaconda.

Comment 12 Jesse Keating 2008-11-08 00:04:41 UTC
I have verified the above scenario with the latest anaconda (which will hit rawhide tomorrow).  Closing this bug.


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