From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20021003 Description of problem: 1. Upgrading from 7.1 to 8.0 complains about "htdig-web" (vague error), ends abnormally, kills LILO. "LI" and freeze. 2. Trying to use GRUB instead is refused by anaconda: message is: "No kernel packages have been installed on the system. The boot loader configuration will not be changed." 3. Return to step 1. Eliminate install of htdig-web. Repeat forever. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Take a compaq i686 running only Redhat 7.1, using LILO on MBR. 2. Boot the Psyche Redhat 8.0 CD and run through the "upgrade" 3. Use "custom packages" and change packages to taste. You will find that even though media is verified, the "htdig-web" package is broken, which abends the install. 4. Retry the install, this time with no new packages, but asking for GRUB instead of LILO. Remember to eliminate the "htdig-web" package or you'll just repeat #3 forever. 5. Install completes but warns that boot loader has not been changed because "no kernel packages have been installed". You can retry this endlessly trying to install various kernel packages but it won't help. 6. Reboot system normally and freezes with "LI" for LILO. Notes: If LILO is installed on a partition above 1024, why was it working before? I don't think this is it. I don't see any LBA option in my BIOS settings either. Actual Results: I think I've discussed this above. I've tried using text mode instead of graphic mode: exactly the same results. Expected Results: What the *fsck* does loading kernel packages have to do with changing the boot loader? How can I force GRUB to replace LILO even if I'm not installing kernel packages? Even asking for additional kernel packages doesn't solve the problem. I can't find any variation of the upgrade procedure that does. Asking to update LILO instead doesn't work either. Help! Additional info: Tried this on two identical computers with similar results. Many times with minor variations. On one I eventually managed to get GRUB to replace LILO but I don't know how. If there's a workaround I'd love to see it. Yes I checked the media using linux mediacheck. Yes I read the FAQ. Yes I have an IQ above 80. Yes I have another developer trying with me and we are clueless. No I don't have another copy of the CD set to try. By the way the version of the CD is the "Italian" version called "Psyche", it comes with the italian "Redhat Magazine".
P.S. The cryptic error message I receive every time, "No kernel package has been installed on the systm. The boot loader configuration will not be changed". This is a) inexplicable (IMHO) b) unexplained in the manual c) not mentioned in the Appendix on boot loaders (nor is the connection between kernel packages and boot loaders) d) not mentioned anywhere else. So let's add this as a doc bug or two, please. Steve Rapaport.
What version of the kernel package did you have installed prior to upgrading?
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