Bug 70380 - bootloader --location=partition is ignored in kickstart file
Summary: bootloader --location=partition is ignored in kickstart file
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: anaconda
Version: 8.0
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jeremy Katz
QA Contact: Mike McLean
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Whiteboard:
: 71700 (view as bug list)
Depends On:
Blocks: 67217 79578
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Reported: 2002-07-31 22:12 UTC by Alexandre Oliva
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:45 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2003-01-23 02:40:58 UTC
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Description Alexandre Oliva 2002-07-31 22:12:37 UTC
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Description of problem:
A kickstart file containing the following line:

bootloader --location=partition --append "ide0=ata66 ide1=ata66" --md5pass=<omitted>

installs grub in the MBR of the boot disk.  Oops.

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


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Create a complete kickstart file (i.e., one that doesn't require any
interaction) containing --location=partition for the boot loader.
2.Install with it.
3.Restart the system and hope the original install, that should have been
preserved, still works.
	

Actual Results:  The preserved partitions are all there, but the boot record was
replaced, and it did NOT install the boot sector in the beginning of the /boot
partition.  Oops.

Expected Results:  It should do as it was told.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2002-08-02 08:23:02 UTC
Fixed in CVS

Comment 2 Jeremy Katz 2002-08-16 21:49:02 UTC
*** Bug 71700 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Mike McLean 2003-01-22 19:36:09 UTC
see also bug#64342

Comment 4 Mike McLean 2003-01-23 02:40:58 UTC
'bootloader --location=partition' confimed to work with Phoebe-beta4. closing out.


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