Bug 12404 - classic DVD iso stage2 installer fails with possible race condition for symlinks
Summary: classic DVD iso stage2 installer fails with possible race condition for symlinks
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 14544
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Installer (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: x86_64 Linux
Priority: Normal critical
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Mageia Bug Squad
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Reported: 2014-01-23 12:19 CET by Peter D
Modified: 2015-05-19 12:26 CEST (History)
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Description Peter D 2014-01-23 12:19:57 CET 
Description of problem:

    Intermittant problem, presummed race condition.  

    No user input, just let the DVD run.  

    When it does work there seems to be a "too late" message pop 
    up before the graphical language selection starts.  

    <quote>
    Error opening symlink definitions file '/tmp/stage2/usr/share/symlinks'
    FATRAL ERROR IN INIT: Fatal error finishing initialization (could not create symlinks).

    I can't recover from this, please reboot manually and send a bugreport.
    </quote>

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

    Mageia-4-RC-x86_64-DVD.iso

How reproducible:

    Approximately three out of six attempts failed.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  download Mageia-4-RC-x86_64-DVD.iso
2.  burn to DVD
3.  boot


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Comment 1 Peter D 2014-01-24 02:36:35 CET 
Oops, might be the result of bad media.  

I have burnt another DVD, and the fresh one has not failed yet, will try another half dozen reboots to see what happens.
Comment 2 Thierry Vignaud 2015-05-19 12:26:33 CEST 
Or not enough memory...

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 14544 ***

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
CC: (none) => thierry.vignaud
Resolution: (none) => DUPLICATE
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