Bug 14830

Summary:	"INTERNAL ERROR: unknown device sdb1" late in network install if boot media removed
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Morgan Leijström <fri>
Component:	Installer	Assignee:	Mageia tools maintainers <mageiatools>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal	CC:	thierry.vignaud
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	Mageia 6
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:		CVE:
Status comment:
Attachments:	report.bug.tar.gz

Description Morgan Leijström 2014-12-18 01:41:21 CET

1) I installed using network install, using boot.nonfree on a USB stick.
2) During install while it was installing packages i removed it.
3) after having set root pwd etc it should install the boot loader and i got this message:

* error: INTERNAL ERROR: unknown device sdb1
MDK::Common::Various::internal_error() called from /usr/lib/libDrakX/devices.pm:130
devices::entry() called from /usr/lib/libDrakX/devices.pm:145
devices::make() called from /usr/lib/libDrakX/fs/type.pm:256
fs::type::call_blkid() called from /usr/lib/libDrakX/fs/type.pm:264
fs::type::type_subpart_from_magic() called from /usr/lib/libDrakX/fs/type.pm:246
fs::type::fs_type_from_magic() called from /usr/lib/libDrakX/bootloader.pm:1165
bootloader::suggest() called from /usr/lib/libDrakX/any.pm:205
any::setupBootloaderBefore() called from /usr/lib/libDrakX/install/steps.pm:767
install::steps::setupBootloaderBefore() called from /usr/lib/libDrakX/install/steps_interactive.pm:1043
install::steps_interactive::setupBootloaderBefore() called from /usr/lib/libDrakX/install/install2.pm:111
install::install2::installStepsCall() called from /usr/lib/libDrakX/install/install2.pm:313
install::install2::setupBootloader() called from /usr/lib/libDrakX/install/install2.pm:805
(eval)() called from /usr/lib/libDrakX/install/install2.pm:804
install::install2::real_main() called from /usr/lib/libDrakX/install/install2.pm:789
install::install2::main() called from /usr/bin/runinstall2:30
 
I think it is a bug that it tries to do *anything* on sdb.
- the network install boot device.
Logically, i should be able to remove it anytime after it loaded, at least after it started stage2 ?

I am positive i did not set a mount point for it during partitioning.

md5sum of 64 bit boot.nonfree.iso = 0cc0244dfe5b740acf6b0ef3df23d12f
drakX v 16.48

4) I executed "bug" and will attach the file to this bug.

5) I put in the USB stick and pressed the OK button on the dialog and it proceeded with the graphis driver install

Reproducible: yes

Reproducible: 

Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1 Morgan Leijström 2014-12-18 01:43:00 CET

Created attachment 5720 [details]
report.bug.tar.gz

Comment 2 Morgan Leijström 2014-12-18 10:34:59 CET

After this I did annother install attempt and kept the stick plugged in, so i did not see this message.

But other problem happened... So, booted on same usb stick again for yet another trial, and *now* the installer say the partition on sdb is to corrupted to be useable.

Anyhow, it apparently booted on it, and i intend not to install on it...

What the heck did it do to it and when?

Logs on the install before when sdb was found corrupt, see https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12027#c7

Comment 3 Thierry Vignaud 2015-02-18 11:29:27 CET

Should be fixed by this morning installer (was probably bug #14435).

For original report, well, removing the usb stick was a bad idea :-)
Though ideally this should be made to work as it's no more needed.

CC: (none) => thierry.vignaud

Comment 4 Morgan Leijström 2015-02-18 14:16:20 CET

Thanks.
For removing usb after network installer booted i now made bug #15316

Comment 5 Thierry Vignaud 2015-05-29 13:18:43 CEST

*** Bug 15316 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6 Thierry Vignaud 2015-05-29 13:21:38 CEST

It would have worked if you've removed it before the graphical installer starts (ie when stage1 is loaded and look for stage2).

We could alter install::steps::setupBootloaderBefore() so that it refresh $all_hds but really there's more places where the installer isn't ready to cope with removed hds.

Samuel Verschelde 2015-06-06 02:00:51 CEST

Target Milestone: --- => Mageia 6

Samuel Verschelde 2016-10-10 23:13:04 CEST

Assignee: bugsquad => mageiatools