Bug 18502

Summary:	6sta1 classic iso fails in stage2 disk partitioning
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Len Lawrence <tarazed25>
Component:	Release (media or process)	Assignee:	Thierry Vignaud <thierry.vignaud>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID	QA Contact:
Severity:	major
Priority:	Normal	CC:	marja11, sysadmin-bugs
Version:	Cauldron	Keywords:	6sta1, NEEDINFO
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
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Description Len Lawrence 2016-05-21 11:21:59 CEST

Description of problem:
The latest 6sta1 classic iso cannot find media.cfg after a Legacy boot.  It reaches disk partitioning in stage 2 and passes the mount points dialogue when "use existing partitions" is chosen but fails to start the disk formatting process for the root partition and issues an error message "media.cfg not found".  Although there is continuing repetitive disk access nothing is written to disk because the original grub menu is left intact and the previous system boots up after a restart.

Any subsequent attempts to install after a reboot are met with a hangup in stage 1.  The ISOLINUX banner is displayed and nothing more happens.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Mageia-6-sta1-x86_64-DVD

How reproducible:
This happens once.  On subsequent attempts the early failure happens every time (second paragraph).

Steps to Reproduce:
1. BIOS boot from iso on USB
2. Proceed to stage 2 and choose "use existing partitions"
3. Select mount points and wait for formatting to start

Comment 1 Marja Van Waes 2016-05-21 17:33:19 CEST

It is a pity you didn't grab the /tmp/ddebug.log, as explained right under the "Note" here:

https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Triage_guide#Installer-related_bugs

I'll forward this comment to qa-discuss ml, in the hope that someone who reproduces this issue will supply that log.

Keywords: (none) => 6sta1, NEEDINFO
CC: (none) => marja11
Assignee: bugsquad => thierry.vignaud

Comment 2 Len Lawrence 2016-05-21 19:39:54 CEST

Sorry Marja.  I had no time this morning - expecting visitors.  This may be a non-bug anyway because after writing the iso to a different USB medium the install proceeded with formatting the / partition.  I seemed to have missed the custom install option because it is sailing through the install right now.  Looks like the other USB key is faulty.

Comment 3 Marja Van Waes 2016-05-21 19:50:12 CEST

thx for the feedback, setting to UNCONFIRMED for now.

If no one hits the same problem, then it is most likely the USB-key was indeed bad, so then it can be closed as invalid.

Status: NEW => UNCONFIRMED
Ever confirmed: 1 => 0

Comment 4 Len Lawrence 2016-05-21 19:59:10 CEST

Just what I was about to say.  The install completed in about 10 minutes and the system booted into Plasma without any problems.  All running smoothly bu shall try another install with custom disk partitioning.  Sorry for the noise.

Status: UNCONFIRMED => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => INVALID