Bug 644188 - livecd-iso-to-disk creates an unrunnable device with --skipcopy
Summary: livecd-iso-to-disk creates an unrunnable device with --skipcopy
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 644194
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: livecd-tools
Version: 13
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Brian Lane
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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: 644189 644190 644192 644193 (view as bug list)
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-10-19 06:33 UTC by Bruce Jerrick
Modified: 2010-10-21 23:47 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2010-10-21 23:47:11 UTC
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Description Bruce Jerrick 2010-10-19 06:33:15 UTC
Description of problem:
A device created from a Fedora DVD ISO image with livecd-iso-to-disk won't run
if --skipcopy is given.  The problem is that it also skips copying install.img,
which is necessary to run.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
livecd-tools-033-3.fc13

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
WARNING: This will overwrite /dev/sdc1 and the MBR of /dev/sdc .
For my tests /dev/sdc was a USB flash drive.  The --noverify skips the
  checksumming of the ISO image.
1. livecd-iso-to-disk --reset-mbr --noverify --skipcopy Fedora-13-i386-DVD.iso /dev/sdc1
2. Boot from /dev/sdc .
3. Select rescue mode from the boot menu.

Actual results:
After the two language dialogs, an Error window pops up:
    An error occured finding the installation image ...

Expected results:
Boot should proceed into rescue mode.

Additional info:
A simple patch is provided in an attachment.  It also fixes another problem --
even with --skipcopy, the size checks assume the entire ISO image has to fit
on the device.

The same problem exists in livecd-tools-034-11.fc14 .  I have not included
a patch for that; it looks like similar mods will fix it also.

Comment 1 Fedora Admin XMLRPC Client 2010-10-21 17:57:51 UTC
This package has changed ownership in the Fedora Package Database.  Reassigning to the new owner of this component.

Comment 2 Brian Lane 2010-10-21 23:43:56 UTC
*** Bug 644189 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Brian Lane 2010-10-21 23:44:23 UTC
*** Bug 644190 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 Brian Lane 2010-10-21 23:45:15 UTC
*** Bug 644192 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5 Brian Lane 2010-10-21 23:45:38 UTC
*** Bug 644193 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6 Brian Lane 2010-10-21 23:47:11 UTC
Sorry for the circular dupes. bug 644194 actually has the attachment.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 644194 ***


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