why wait so long after re-inserting install media before continuing?

[Will Woods]

On Mon, 2008-11-17 at 06:26 -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> i've noticed this before with earlier fedoras -- after i choose to
> verify the install media (in this case, an f10 preview x86_64 dvd),
> the verification completes and the DVD is ejected.
> 
>   i push it back in, and hit "OK" to continue but apparently, the DVD
> hasn't had time to spin up so i'm told that the install media can't be
> found and the DVD is ejected.  again.

This is a longstanding (and very annoying) bug in anaconda's CD
detection code:

Bug 375011 - Can't continue installation after running media check

It was caused by a behavior change in the kernel SCSI/CD-ROM layers
sometime during F9 development, if memory serves. This bug affected all
CD/DVD images produced between F9 Final and F10 Preview.

It was finally fixed last week. Should work in current rawhide boot.iso
images and F10 Final images. Yay!

-w