Pre-BetaTC2 Installer Testing

[Tom H]

On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Clyde E. Kunkel
<clydekunkel7734 at cox.net> wrote:
> On 09/08/2011 06:16 PM, Adam Williamson wrote:
>> On Thu, 2011-09-08 at 17:28 -0400, Clyde E. Kunkel wrote:
>>> On 09/08/2011 01:57 PM, Tim Flink wrote:
>>>> Who's ready for some pre-betaTC2 installer testing fun?
>>>>
>>>> I built a custom boot.iso that could use some testing and karma before
>>>> we kick off the F16 Beta TC2 (hopefully later today). If you have the
>>>> time, please give these a spin:
>>>>
>>>> http://tflink.fedorapeople.org/iso/20110908_pre-betaTC2_x64.boot.iso
>>>> http://tflink.fedorapeople.org/iso/20110908_pre-betaTC2_x64.boot.iso.sha256
>>>>
>>>> A normal install should be enough for:
>>>>    - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/anaconda-16.17-1.fc16
>>>>
>>>> The "save anaconda traceback to bugzilla" testcase would be good for
>>>> libreport:
>>>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_Anaconda_save_traceback_to_bugzilla
>>>>    - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/libreport-2.0.5-7.fc16
>>>>
>>>> EFI installs would be good to test:
>>>>    - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/grub-0.97-77.fc16
>>
>>> GPFs with what seems to be raid issues on this one.
>>
>> Clyde, it's great that you test, but it's really frustrating to get such
>> vague feedback: this is really no use at all. Is this a new problem? Did
>> you have the same problem in TC1? What type of install were you trying?
>> What's the existing partition layout? What partition layout did you
>> choose for the install? thanks.
>
> Ok, Mr. Williamson, go look at 737278.  My basement is drying, ruined
> crap on the curb and new drainage ditches being dug.  So I can now take
> some time to do the testing you like and which I like.
>
> This bug is a regression as it was not seen on any earlier F16 alpha
> dvds or live cds.  I see that another person has also reported a GPF.

I can't install F16betaTC2 with mdadm. The installation's OK but at
first reboot, I'm dropped to a "grub rescue" prompt (similar to what
happened previously with an alpha but this time with the latest
grub2).

I tried to boot into Anaconda's rescue mode twice but I got a GPF
after hitting "continue" and my computer froze completely. I'm using
VirtualBox on OS X.

I re-installed and hit the "grub rescue" prompt again. I've
unfortunately deleted the two vistual disks but if I have the time
later today, I'll do a re-install and both look at the array before
Anaconda shuts down and try to bring up it through another install.

(I'll add this to BZ 737278.)