Description of problem: Booting " askmethod" goes from Language to Keyboard to "Select partitions" without asking the method (such as NFS, network direct, ...). Both the i686 DVD and netinst.iso fail in this way. Also, selecting Back (from "Select partitions") then OK (for the Keyboard), leads to abnormal termination. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): anaconda-12.13 (rawhide of Tuesday, Aug.11) How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. compose i686 DVD using pungi; burn DVD and netinst.iso 2. boot DVD or netinst.iso for install, appending " askmethod" to kernel command line 3. accept default choices for Language and Keyboard Actual results: Dialog boxes, in order, are: Language, Keyboard, Select partition. The "askmethod" dialog never occurs. Expected results: The "askmethod" dialog should appear immediately after the Keyboard dialog. Additional info:
As a workaround you can use repo=nfs:server:/path/to/repo
Type of installation is only part of it, network configuration is done too.
Jeremy - because we're always passing stage2= on the CD/DVD now, the following code in loader.c will always get executed: case STEP_METHOD: { if (loaderData->method != -1 || loaderData->stage2Data) skipMethodDialog = 1; The problem should be obvious from the variable name.
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