Description of problem: Anaconda fails to get the uuid of discs Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 15.22-1.fc15? How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: anaconda throws an exception mentioning blkid/uuid when examining discs. Expected results: Additional info: inside vbox 4.0.4 vm if that matters
OK. I also experienced the very same result. Meanwhile, the grub menu got Chinese characters involved in that will NOT be displaying normally. Following are some log files' contents and several screenshots to make things clear. 1.preupgrade commandline output (note with Chinese chars): -------------------------------BEGIN------------------------------- [root@localhost ~]# preupgrade 已加载插件：blacklist, langpacks, whiteout 没有匹配 rpm-warm-cache 的插件 没有匹配 remove-with-leaves 的插件 没有匹配 auto-update-debuginfo 的插件 Adding zh_CN to language list 侦测到正在执行升级到 Fedora 15 (Lovelock) preupgrade-main (mirrorlist) url: http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-15&arch=$basearch now: http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-15&arch=x86_64 preupgrade (mirrorlist) url: http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?path=pub/fedora/linux/development/15/$basearch/os/ now: http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?path=pub/fedora/linux/development/15/x86_64/os/ preupgrade-rpmfusion-free-rawhide (mirrorlist) url: http://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/mirrorlist?repo=free-fedora-rawhide&arch=x86_64 now: http://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/mirrorlist?repo=free-fedora-rawhide&arch=x86_64 未知元数据被下载：repomdTtUEsTtmp.xml preupgrade-rpmfusion-nonfree-rawhide (mirrorlist) url: http://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/mirrorlist?repo=nonfree-fedora-rawhide&arch=x86_64 now: http://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/mirrorlist?repo=nonfree-fedora-rawhide&arch=x86_64 未知元数据被下载：repomdCJNNbutmp.xml 未知元数据被下载：MEMORY 从 http://mirrors.163.com/fedora/development/15/x86_64/os//.treeinfo 获取消息树 消息树时间戳：Wed Mar 16 08:12:33 2011 /boot/upgrade/vmlinuz 校验正常 /boot/upgrade/initrd.img 校验正常 正在下载 0.0bytes 升级需要 500.0MB /usr 可用磁盘空间：5.2GB 内核需要 26.0MB /boot 可用磁盘空间：289.9MB 正在为 preupgrade repo 生成元数据 DEBUG /sbin/grubby --title="升级到 Fedora 15 (Lovelock)" --remove-kernel="/boot/upgrade/vmlinuz" --add-kernel="/boot/upgrade/vmlinuz" --initrd="/boot/upgrade/initrd.img" --args="preupgrade repo=hd::/var/cache/yum/preupgrade ks=hd:UUID=40018ae4-af9d-4c2a-b784-cb9b6420c968:/upgrade/ks.cfg" ------------------------------END------------------------------------ 2.ks.cfg it generated ------------------------------BEGIN---------------------------------- # ks.cfg generated by preupgrade lang zh_CN.UTF-8 keyboard us bootloader --upgrade --location=none clearpart --none upgrade --root-device=UUID=a958d32f-abc5-445a-aba2-c51b748f5e72 reboot %post grubby --remove-kernel=/boot/upgrade/vmlinuz rm -rf /boot/upgrade /var/cache/yum/preupgrade* %end -----------------------------END------------------------------------- 3./etc/fstab: ------------------------------BEGIN---------------------------------- # # /etc/fstab # Created by anaconda on Thu Mar 17 01:29:38 2011 # # Accessible filesystems, by reference, are maintained under '/dev/disk' # See man pages fstab(5), findfs(8), mount(8) and/or blkid(8) for more info # /dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root / ext4 defaults 1 1 UUID=40018ae4-af9d-4c2a-b784-cb9b6420c968 /boot ext4 defaults 1 2 /dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_swap swap swap defaults 0 0 tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 ---------------------------------END--------------------------------- 4.grub.cfg: ----------------------------BEGIN------------------------------------ # grub.conf generated by anaconda # # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg. # root (hd0,0) # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root # initrd /initrd-[generic-]version.img #boot=/dev/sda default=1 timeout=0 splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz hiddenmenu title 升级到 Fedora 15 (Lovelock) //Chinese chars should NOT be present here! kernel /upgrade/vmlinuz preupgrade repo=hd::/var/cache/yum/preupgrade ks=hd:UUID=40018ae4-af9d-4c2a-b784-cb9b6420c968:/upgrade/ks.cfg initrd /upgrade/initrd.img title Fedora (2.6.35.11-83.fc14.x86_64) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.35.11-83.fc14.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root rd_LVM_LV=VolGroup/lv_root rd_LVM_LV=VolGroup/lv_swap rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=zh_CN.UTF-8 KEYTABLE=us rhgb quiet vga=789 initrd /initramfs-2.6.35.11-83.fc14.x86_64.img ------------------------------------END------------------------------
Created attachment 485976 [details] Error #1
Created attachment 485977 [details] Error #2 Note I used vga=789 here.
Based on attachment#485977 [details], this is a duplicate of bug#684742 *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 684742 ***