Bug 819255 - Installation of bootloader fails in a virtual machine
Summary: Installation of bootloader fails in a virtual machine
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: 17
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-05-06 01:34 UTC by Mukundan Ragavan
Modified: 2012-07-18 17:15 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2012-07-18 17:15:01 UTC
Type: Bug
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Attachments (Terms of Use)
A screenshot showing the message stated in the bug report. (31.68 KB, image/png)
2012-05-06 01:34 UTC, Mukundan Ragavan
no flags Details
anaconda.log (13.13 KB, text/x-log)
2012-05-07 13:54 UTC, Mukundan Ragavan
no flags Details
program.log (84.83 KB, text/x-log)
2012-05-07 13:55 UTC, Mukundan Ragavan
no flags Details

Description Mukundan Ragavan 2012-05-06 01:34:02 UTC
Created attachment 582353 [details]
A screenshot showing the message stated in the bug report.

Description of problem:
Installation of bootloader fails when trying to install using F17 TC3 live CD to a Virtual machine.

Virtual machine has sufficient memory/hard disk, etc.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 17


How reproducible: Always


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start VM using the Live CD.
2. Select "Install to hard drive option"
3. Partition as needed.
4. Choose to install bootloader in /dev/sda (default option)
  
Actual results:

Installation will proceed normally till it reaches bootloader installtion stage. There, a warning dialog box appears with the following message.

"There was an error installing the bootloader. The system may not  be bootable".

The system does not boot and "No bootable medium found" error is thrown upon rebooting.

Expected results:

Installtion of bootloader and hence installation of OS should be succesful.

Additional info:
I have not tried installing directly to a computer. So, cannot comment on that front.

Comment 1 Mukundan Ragavan 2012-05-06 01:37:16 UTC
This was tried on a F17 x86_64 machine. The live image tried was 32-bit image.

Comment 2 Chris Lumens 2012-05-07 13:19:21 UTC
Please attach /tmp/syslog, /tmp/program.log, and /tmp/anaconda.log to this bug report.  Thanks.

Comment 3 Mukundan Ragavan 2012-05-07 13:54:29 UTC
Created attachment 582674 [details]
anaconda.log

Comment 4 Mukundan Ragavan 2012-05-07 13:55:01 UTC
Created attachment 582676 [details]
program.log

Comment 5 Mukundan Ragavan 2012-05-07 13:56:15 UTC
There was no /tmp/syslog.

Comment 6 Jesse Keating 2012-07-18 17:15:01 UTC
Not able to reproduce this with the F17 final.  The code is in a different order now too.


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