Bug 10107

Summary:	Rescue system Reinstall bootloader fails with Error 12: Invalid device requested
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	claire robinson <eeeemail>
Component:	Release (media or process)	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	release_blocker	CC:	ennael1, luigiwalser, mageia, sysadmin-bugs, thierry.vignaud, tmb
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	i586
OS:	Linux
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Description claire robinson 2013-05-15 13:58:13 CEST

Testing rescue system on pre 3 final classic dvd 32

Reinstall bootloader fails with Error 12 : Invalid device requested.

See https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4147101/mga3final/2013-05-15_11-34-20.jpg

Reproducible: 

Steps to Reproduce:

claire robinson 2013-05-15 13:58:59 CEST

CC: (none) => ennael1, thierry.vignaud

Comment 1 David Walser 2013-05-15 17:37:33 CEST

I saw the same bootstrapping rescue through boot.iso.

https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10098#c6

This really should be release critical as the rescue is part of the installer, which can't be fixed after the release, and this is important functionality.

CC: (none) => luigiwalser

David Walser 2013-05-16 22:33:36 CEST

Priority: Normal => release_blocker

Comment 2 David Walser 2013-05-17 00:19:55 CEST

Dave Hodgins figured out that if you bind mount /dev in the chroot, this works.

It's really hard to figure out what code is getting run for this and where it is in SVN.

Comment 3 David Walser 2013-05-17 00:52:14 CEST

This looks suspicous:
http://svnweb.mageia.org/soft/drakx/trunk/perl-install/devices.pm?r1=5618&r2=7908

David Walser 2013-05-17 00:55:16 CEST

CC: (none) => mageia

Comment 4 David Walser 2013-05-17 00:55:48 CEST

Colin, could revision 7908 be why /mnt/dev only has null in it in rescue?

Comment 5 Colin Guthrie 2013-05-17 10:35:50 CEST

We pretty much have to bind mount /dev in any chroot. If the reinstall bootloader routine here doesn't do that, we should likely make it do so.

Comment 6 David Walser 2013-05-17 14:11:36 CEST

It's hard to see what change broke this, but anyway we're really running out of time to fix this :o(

Comment 7 Colin Guthrie 2013-05-18 11:21:54 CEST

I've just committed a change in drakxtools svn that ensures /dev is bind mounted before reinstalling the boot loader. I tested this change in a rescue boot by copying the modified file to /tmp and running it directly and all seemed well. Rescue will still need released and pushed.

Comment 8 Thomas Backlund 2013-05-18 15:09:11 CEST

drakx-installer-rescue-1.44-1.mga3 submitted

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
CC: (none) => tmb
Resolution: (none) => FIXED