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Created attachment 476103 [details] /tmp/storage.log Description of problem: An "askmethod" install which specifies a source partition on USB media, cannot find the installation source. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): anaconda-15.18 How reproducible: every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. compose install DVD from rawhide of 2011-01-30 (Sunday) 2. Create USB media using recipe "How to Make a bootable USB Drive to Install Fedora instead of using a physical DVD" from https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_create_and_use_Live_USB 3. boot with additional kernel parameter " askmethod" 4. Choose "Local harddrive", select the partition on USB media, and specify location "/" [root directory] Actual results: dialog box "Unknown device": The installation source given by device ['sde1'] could not be found. Please check your parameters and try again. Expected results: successful install Additional info:
Created attachment 476104 [details] /tmp/syslog
Created attachment 476105 [details] strace of anaconda
The machine runs other instances of Fedora 6 through 15 (rawhide) just fine, but is old enough [6 years] that its BIOS cannot boot from USB. So I copied vmlinuz and initrd0.img from syslinux to a partition on a harddrive, and specified those in a special GRUB stanza with kernel command line: root=live:CDLABEL=<the_label_of_the_USB_device> rootfstype=auto liveimg rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM askmethod which I adapted from the boot lines that appear on nightly liveCDs at http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/desktop/
Is this still an issue with anaconda-15-30 ?
It works correctly with anaconda-15.31, which was the version in the final release of Fedora 15.
I consider this bug closed then