Bug 17207

Summary:	[mga5] Rescue option of installer are not operational for UEFI system ("could not find your root device :-(")
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	papoteur <yvesbrungard>
Component:	Installer	Assignee:	Thierry Vignaud <thierry.vignaud>
Status:	RESOLVED OLD	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal	CC:	marja11, thierry.vignaud
Version:	5	Keywords:	NEEDINFO
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	drakx-installer-rescue	CVE:
Status comment:

Description papoteur 2015-11-23 09:58:07 CET

Description of problem:
When selecting rescue option with a UEFI system, options are not functional:
Reinstall bootloader: could not find your root device :-(
guessmounts failed at /usr/bin/install_bootloader line 29

Mount your partitions: could not find your root device :-(

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Mageia5 DVD x86_64
sda1 : EFS, Fat32
sda1 : / ext4
How reproducible:
Install Mageia 5 in VB, only one main partition (no swap)
Start the VB on DVD, choose Rescue.



Reproducible: 

Steps to Reproduce:

Thierry Vignaud 2015-11-23 14:02:40 CET

CC: (none) => thierry.vignaud
Source RPM: (none) => drakx-installer-rescue

Comment 1 Samuel Verschelde 2016-02-23 14:55:36 CET

Is it a regression since Mageia 5, or does Mageia 5 have the same issue?

Assignee: bugsquad => thierry.vignaud

Samuel Verschelde 2016-02-23 14:55:56 CET

Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO

Thierry Vignaud 2016-02-23 19:50:34 CET

Summary: Rescue option of installer are not operational for UEFI system => Rescue option of installer are not operational for UEFI system ("could not find your root device :-(")

Comment 2 papoteur 2016-02-23 22:38:43 CET

@Samuel
This bug is filed against Mageia 5.

Comment 3 Thierry Vignaud 2016-06-20 17:07:01 CEST

Works for me as of future mga6.
For mga5, I wonder if the issue isn't that we forgot to rebuild drakx-installer-rescue for drakx-installer-stage2-16.99-1.mga5

Thierry Vignaud 2016-07-01 18:52:59 CEST

Version: Cauldron => 5
Summary: Rescue option of installer are not operational for UEFI system ("could not find your root device :-(") => [mga5] Rescue option of installer are not operational for UEFI system ("could not find your root device :-(")

Comment 4 Marja Van Waes 2018-04-24 19:40:20 CEST

(In reply to Thierry Vignaud from comment #3)
> Works for me as of future mga6.

Closing as OLD, because Mageia 5 has officially reached its End of Life on December 31st, 2017 https://blog.mageia.org/en/2017/11/07/mageia-5-eol-postponed/

Resolution: (none) => OLD
Status: NEW => RESOLVED
CC: (none) => marja11