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Bug 676025

Summary: anaconda crashes in text mode on creating boot loader
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Reporter: Martin Jürgens <ma>
Component: anacondaAssignee: Brian Lane <bcl>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Release Test Team <release-test-team-automation>
Severity: medium Docs Contact:
Priority: unspecified    
Version: 6.0CC: atodorov, charlieb-fedora-bugzilla, pholica, rwilliam
Target Milestone: rcFlags: pholica: needinfo-
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Hardware: x86_64   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version: anaconda-13.21.123-1 Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Users performing an upgrade using the Anaconda's text mode interface who do not have a boot loader already installed on the system, or who have a non-GRUB boot loader, need to select Skip Boot Loader Configuration during the installation process. Boot loader configuration will need to be completed manually after installation. This problem does not affect users running Anaconda in the graphical mode (graphical mode also includes VNC connectivity mode).
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Last Closed: 2011-12-06 10:29:54 UTC Type: ---
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Description Martin Jürgens 2011-02-08 16:26:40 UTC 
Created attachment 477642 [details]
anaconda traceback

Description of problem:
anaconda crashes in text mode on creating boot loader

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. start anaconda in text mode using upgradeany with a different bootloader installed in mbr
2.  anaconda offers to replace it
  
Actual results:
crash, see trackback

Expected results:
should work fine as it does in graphical mode.

Additional info:
Comment 2 Chris Lumens 2011-03-16 18:51:43 UTC 
This is fixed by 63fb1731cd77976f99b42dbf2c3598821b7faaff from master, which may or may not apply too well to rhel6-branch.
Comment 3 Chris Lumens 2011-03-16 20:55:23 UTC 
*** Bug 688351 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 RHEL Program Management 2011-05-13 23:08:00 UTC 
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion
in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release. Product Management has 
requested further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed 
products. This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update release.
Comment 5 Charlie Brady 2011-06-10 15:43:34 UTC 
(In reply to comment #2)
> This is fixed by 63fb1731cd77976f99b42dbf2c3598821b7faaff from master, which
> may or may not apply too well to rhel6-branch.

That should be a question which is easy to resolve. Does it or does it not apply?
Comment 6 Charlie Brady 2011-06-10 15:48:42 UTC 
The answer is "yes" - it does apply:

bash-3.2$ lynx -dump 'http://git.fedorahosted.org/git?p=anaconda.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=textw/upgrade_bootloader_text.py;h=1512b1dfdb245b41b1c09c98282f75370c6b917f;hp=db736f35c709c97cbeb4a7b4720932387031b7f7;hb=63fb1731cd77976f99b42dbf2c3598821b7faaff;hpb=fce670e62c43ff293718e63601e247de1b7dd3ea' | patch -p1
patching file textw/upgrade_bootloader_text.py
bash-3.2$ pwd
/tmp/anaconda-13.21.82
bash-3.2$ 

Please fix this for RHEL 6.2.
Comment 9 Alexander Todorov 2011-08-09 10:00:38 UTC 
(In reply to comment #0)
> Steps to Reproduce:
> 1. start anaconda in text mode using upgradeany with a different bootloader
> installed in mbr


Martin,
what boot loader did you use?
Comment 10 Pavel Holica 2011-11-16 11:16:11 UTC 
Hello, this fix introduced new bug 754375.

There should be at least release note saying, that manual text upgrade without installed bootloader (or with different bootloader) (which is very limited scenario) doesn't have default option and one needs to select "Skip boot loader configuration".
Comment 11 Dave Cantrell 2011-11-22 18:13:46 UTC 
    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    New Contents:
Users performing an upgrade using the text mode interface who do not have a boot loader already installed on the system or who have a non-grub boot loader will need to select "Skip Boot Loader Configuration" during installation.  Boot loader configuration will need to be completed manually after installation.  This problem does not affect users running anaconda in graphical mode (graphical mode also includes VNC connectivity mode).
Comment 12 Martin Prpič 2011-11-22 18:37:33 UTC 
    Technical note updated. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    Diffed Contents:
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Users performing an upgrade using the text mode interface who do not have a boot loader already installed on the system or who have a non-grub boot loader will need to select "Skip Boot Loader Configuration" during installation.  Boot loader configuration will need to be completed manually after installation.  This problem does not affect users running anaconda in graphical mode (graphical mode also includes VNC connectivity mode).+Users performing an upgrade using the Anaconda's text mode interface who do not have a boot loader already installed on the system, or who have a non-GRUB boot loader, need to select Skip Boot Loader Configuration during the installation process. Boot loader configuration will need to be completed manually after installation. This problem does not affect users running Anaconda in the graphical mode (graphical mode also includes VNC connectivity mode).
Comment 13 Pavel Holica 2011-11-23 08:45:08 UTC 
Thanks for technical note. It fully describes situation, so I'm moving this bug to verified.
Comment 14 errata-xmlrpc 2011-12-06 10:29:54 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011-1565.html