Bug 13454

Summary:	Fresh install using Mageia 4 DVD ISO fails
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Bert Moore <bert.mooreii>
Component:	Installer	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED OLD	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal	CC:	bert.mooreii, dvgevers, marja11
Version:	4	Keywords:	NEEDINFO
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
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Description Bert Moore 2014-05-30 16:04:17 CEST

MAGEIA 4 INSTALLATION WOES

Upgrading from Mageia 3.
From the moment that little blue light came on I could not wait. Upgrading from Mageia 3 to Mageia 4!!! All I had to do was tell it to upgrade..Mageia 3 was up to date, it had what I thought was the latest and greatest rpms. Short story that upgrade turned into a can of worms that I did not have the expertise to salvage.
Install using Mageia 4 DVD ISO.
Having successfully installed from Mageia 2 to Mageia 3 I felt confident that installing Mageia 4 would be a breeze. I mean what could go wrong? Make a few selections, such as root, graphic desktops and a few other items, hit the install button and take a nap or eat lunch. Afterall it takes about 2 to 3 hours for the install. First indication of trouble; failure to list sda, second Windows 8.1 is not listed but Mageia 3 had no problem finding it. Well got that fixed and setup the network and downloaded updates. Then it was time to reboot. Well reboot was a miserable failure. Control D wow lots of help there. Now what? I don't have the expertise to solve this problem and the Mageia 4 Release Notes gives me the impression that the DVD install or upgrade options were never tested. Well thought it was operator (me) error and I tried it three or four times before throwing away the DVD.
Install using Mageia 4 Live DVD KDE4 ISO. This was a piece of cake. Everything worked the way it was supposed to work. I had KDE4 installed and now I decided to install the following desktops LXDE, RazorQt, Mate and Cinammon. I may install XFCE and GNOME later on. I am using MATE and I like it.
There is a problem with the Mageia 4 DVD ISO whether you choose to examine it is up to you. The computer used to installed Mageia 4; Dell Inspiron 660, 1TB hard drive.

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Bert Moore 2014-05-30 16:04:45 CEST

CC: (none) => bert.mooreii

Comment 1 Manuel Hiebel 2014-05-30 18:07:28 CEST

Please, next time be concise and go straight to the point. Thanks. 

Also, add more details, screenshot, logs (/root/drakx/report.bug for ex.) , or anything else so we can start somewhere.

Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO

Comment 2 Marja Van Waes 2014-06-01 14:50:23 CEST

(In reply to Bert Moore from comment #0)
> the Mageia 4 Release Notes gives me the impression that the DVD
> install or upgrade options were never tested.  

They were extensively tested, but we can always use more testers: there are so many possible set-ups of a system, there are so many possible combinations of hardware and software: impossible to test them all.

You might want to consider joining our QA team
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/QA_Team
to help test new isos.
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Pre-release_ISO_testing
That increases the chance that upgrade or install problems you have get solved before release. Currently, the Mageia 4.1 isos are being tested and there'll be a new version of the x86_64 pre-4.1 iso available soon.

CC: (none) => marja11

Comment 3 Marja Van Waes 2014-06-01 14:53:19 CEST

(In reply to Marja van Waes from comment #2)
> pre-4.1 iso

I mean the 4.1 iso for QA to test, it gets improved until it is good enough to be released

Comment 4 Dick Gevers 2014-12-03 16:36:43 CET

Sorry but the report does not concisely say what is the problem at issue. 

And the requested info was never provided since 17 months.

Therefor, we have to close the report as OLD. Thanks for your interest.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
CC: (none) => dvgevers
Resolution: (none) => OLD