Bug 5044

Created attachment 1814 [details]
report.bug generate after the lilo trouble

Created attachment 1815 [details]
screenshot

missing in the iso: http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/Mageia/iso/cauldron/Mageia-2-beta2-i586/Mageia-2-beta2-i586-DVD.idx

(then I guess we will have the same error in the future livecd)

Priority: Normal => release_blocker
Assignee: bugsquad => ennael1
Summary: lilo failed commande introuvable .. sh ligne 0 erreur d'ecriture / broken pipe => lilo missing in the isos (was lilo failed commande introuvable .. )

package added in dvd list

Just checked isos content:

Mageia-2-beta2-i586/Mageia-2-beta2-i586-DVD.idx:Mageia-2-i586-beta2 lilo-23.2 (i586)
Mageia-2-beta2-i586/Mageia-2-beta2-i586-DVD.idx:Mageia-2-i586-beta2 lilo-doc-23.2 (i586)
Mageia-2-beta2-x86_64/Mageia-2-beta2-x86_64-DVD.idx:Mageia-2-x86_64-beta2 lilo-23.2 (x86_64)
Mageia-2-beta2-x86_64/Mageia-2-beta2-x86_64-DVD.idx:Mageia-2-x86_64-beta2 lilo-doc-23.2 (x86_64)

oups wrong query

CC: (none) => pterjan
Assignee: ennael1 => thierry.vignaud
Summary: lilo missing in the isos (was lilo failed commande introuvable .. ) => lilo failed commande introuvable .. sh ligne 0 erreur d'ecriture / broken pipe

/i586/media/core/lilo-23.2-2.mga1.i586.rpm is on the dvd.

lzcat report.bug.lzma |grep lilo
* preferring grub over lilo
* bootloader::suggest_onmbr: type lilo, onmbr 1, unsafe 1
* writing lilo config to /mnt/etc/lilo.conf
* running: echo  | lilo  with root /mnt
* error: lilo failed: sh: lilo : commande introuvable
* lilo.conf
# WARNING: do not forget to run lilo after modifying this file

Note that the lilo package has not been installed.

CC: (none) => davidwhodgins

ping Thierry ?

CC: (none) => ennael1

If I read correctly the log, the problem is that configureX happens before any::installBootloader.
This would happen when someone wants to configure X in the summary while lilo is preferred (RAID1), as configuring X resolution updates bootloader config.

We don't want to install bootloader before giving the opportunity (in the summary) to decide if it will go to MBR or another partition, but we should either ensure that packages are available in bootloader::install or install them in steps_interactive::setupBootloader

same behaviour with a fresh install under 2_b3 
(ae0f7bc093161fb16cd17c3253db03da  Mageia-2-beta3-i586-DVD.iso)

Can you try configuring bootloader before X in the summary?
I will try to fix this tomorrow (or maybe Saturday) but I'm not sure I will have time.

seem to be better unsing latest netboot.iso to install 2_b3

lilo is installed and seem to be configured but another behaviour has appear the machine does not boot due to pb with initrd files ?
cf screenshot pb_reboot.jpeg

Created attachment 2081 [details]
pb_reboot.jpeg / pb on reboot after fresh install using latest netboot.iso 2_b3

i don't know where to report this behavior so i have "cross posted" in bug id
1955
(cf https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1955).

Created attachment 2123 [details]
Mageia 2 Beta 3 failing on raid install

# qemu-img create -f qcow2 mga2b3_d0.qcow2 4G
# qemu-img create -f qcow2 mga2b3_d1.qcow2 4G
# qemu-kvm -m 1024 -hda mga2b3_d0.qcow2 -hdb mga2b3_d1.qcow2 -cdrom Mageia-2-beta3-x86_64-DVD.iso --boot d

then create two raid partitions, one on each disk, and add them to a raid 1
partition and install as usual ...

same behavior under 2 RC (netboot install) cf attachment

Created attachment 2134 [details]
lilo trouble screenshot under mageia 2 RC (netboot install)

Actually, we should not update bootloader when configuring X during install. This may write to people's MBR even if the later chose to install bootloader somewhere else.
Given that we will anyway install bootloader when leaving summary, we should just skip it before.

According to tmb, a fix has been commited.

CC: (none) => guillomovitch

Yes indeed, configuring X will no longer install the bootloader

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