F14 Beta RC3 install from DVD is a world of hurt.

[He Rui]

On Sun, 2010-09-26 at 16:44 +1000, Steven Haigh wrote:
> On 26/09/10 13:53, He Rui wrote:
> > Hi Steven,
> >
> > On Sun, 2010-09-26 at 03:43 +1000, Steven Haigh wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I've tried just about everything over the last 12 hours to get F14 Beta 3 to
> >> install from DVD with no success.
> >>
> >> I've been booting from the DVD and found that at the repo selection screen,
> >> only internet repos are found. The install DVD is lost and the installation
> >> will not proceed without downloading all packages from an internet repo.
> >> This defeats the purpose of having a DVD... I could see the packages in
> >> /mnt/sysimage (I think), and the DVD was certainly present, just ignored.
> >
> > This is not as expected. DVD installation is a basic test included in
> > the pre-release validation install tests, and we've verified that media
> > repo will be selected as default if install from Beta RC3 DVD at least
> > both on kvm and bare metal. The iso should be mounted on /mnt/source
> > where the packages are stored. So can you provide the details of your
> > installation steps and environment? And the contents
> > in /tmp/anaconda.log? Is this bug[1] similar to yours? Thanks in
> > advance.
> >
> >
> > [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627789
> >
> 
> I did see this bug report - but after the install had completed - this 
> being the case I didn't get a chance to see the log. Silly me also 
> deleted the ks/other logs in /root after the install (it was very very 
> early in the morning after tinkering all night!)

That's ok. It will be helpful if /var/log/anaconda.log is not deleted.:)

> As I can reproduce it every time, I'll start running the install up 
> until where the issue happens and see what info I can gather. 
> Thankfully, as long as I don't set any paritions to format, it shouldn't 
> kill my (eventually) successful install.

That's right, but AFAIK this issue should happen at Repository step
which is after partitioning. So if you decide to retest it, be careful
about your previous partitions at partitioning step.

> >> I also found that when doing an ethereal dump on my ASDL connection that
> >> each package seemed to be downloaded twice. For each package that was
> >> downloaded, I saw 2 separate GET requests heading to the web server. I could
> >> not find any specific information about this from the installer.
> >>
> >> I also noticed that the defaults for an XFS filesystem are to continue to
> >> use a 256 byte inode. This is VERY suboptimal with selinux enabled and can
> >> cause major performance issues. I lodged a bug on this here:
> >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=637369
> >>
> >> All in all, for a Beta GOLD release, I would have at least expected the DVD
> >> installation to be tested before RC3 was declared gold :(
> >
> > I've also read your another thread. Well, have you noticed the test
> > announcements(eg.[2]) sent out when each build was available? We did it
> > every time and both installation and desktop tests were executed and the
> > results were provided on the results pages[3]. Then based on the results
> > and other bugs on bugzilla, the candidate was considered if it met the
> > release criteria[4] or not. So DVD installation would surely be tested
> > before released, but everyone has different install environment, we
> > cannot guarantee it passes in every way. However, if you encountered an
> > issue, discussion is welcomed in the list to help find the root cause
> > and resolve the problem.
> >
> > Also if you have any suggestion for the installation validation test[5],
> > feel free to talk. :)
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Hurry
> >
> > [2]
> > http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-September/093947.html
> >
> > [3]
> > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:Fedora_14_Test_Results
> >
> > [4] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_14_Beta_Release_Criteria
> >
> > [5] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Installation_validation_testing
> >
> >
> 
> Good info to know. I did remember seeing a few install reports, but 
> nothing I saw while I was struggling with the install seemed to line up 
> with what I was seeing.
> 

Therefore users are encouraged to provide their results on the pages to
increase the coverage. I'm also curious about your installation method
and wanna reproduce it. 


Thanks,
Hurry

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