F17 bootloader error(s)

[Chris Murphy]

On Feb 15, 2012, at 10:41 AM, Mike Chambers wrote:

> When trying to do test install against F17Alpha TC2, during partition
> layout, I get error below...
> 
> "you have not created a bootloader stage1 target device"

anaconda-17.8-1.fc17.src.rpm
pyanaconda/storage/__init__.py


line 1250
                errors.append(_("you have not created a bootloader stage1 "
                                "target device"))

If this only occurs on GPT disks, which I'm pretty sure is true, then a more elucidative message would be:

                errors.append(_("You have not specified a BIOS Boot "
                                "partition."))


The current message is obscure, and consistently results in questions on forums.

For consistency, I suggest the following lines be changed:

line 1165 "You have not defined a root partition (/), "
to
"You have not specified a root partition (/), "

line 1259 "You have not created a bootable partition."
to
"You have not specified a bootable partition."


The four "you have not" partition related errors in this script would then read:

"You have not specified a swap partition.  "
"You have not specified a root partition (/), "
"You have not specified a BIOS boot partition "
"You have not specified a bootable partition."

Not sure where the "You have not specified an EFI System partition." is located...

Chris Murphy