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Bug 70380

Summary:	bootloader --location=partition is ignored in kickstart file
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Alexandre Oliva <aoliva>
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Jeremy Katz <katzj>
Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE	QA Contact:	Mike McLean <mikem>
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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.