Hi,
Could anyone give some comment on this please?
I'm really eager to know if this is a bug.
Thanks
2010/4/8, leilei175@xxxxxxxxx <leilei175@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Hi,guys
>
>
> I am not sure whether it is a bug or it is intentionally designed.
> In enterprise linux 4, if we do the following procedure
> 1. boot a box with CD1
> 2. type "linux askmethod"
> 3. choose http method
> 4. enter http server address and directory
> then it would pop up a window asking whether to do the CD media check,
> choose skip and it would jump back to step 4.
> Then it would go into a dead loop.
>
> below is the code excerpt from the loader2/urlinstall.c
>
> case URL_STAGE_FETCH:
> if (FL_TESTING(flags)) {
> stage = URL_STAGE_DONE;
> dir = 1;
> break;
> }
>
> /* ok messy - see if we have a stage2 on local CD */
> /* before trying to pull one over network */
> cdurl = findRedHatCD(location, modInfo, modLoaded,
> *modDeps, flags, 0);
> if (cdurl) {
> if (!loadSingleUrlImage(&ui, "base/product.img", flags,
> "/tmp/ramfs/product-disk.img",
> "/tmp/product-disk",
> "loop7", 1) &&
> verifyStamp("/tmp/product-disk")) {
> logMessage("Detected stage 2 image on CD");
> winStatus(50, 3, _("Media Detected"),
> _("Local installation media detected..."),
> 0);
> sleep(3);
> newtPopWindow();
>
> stage = URL_STAGE_DONE;
> dir = 1;
> } else {
> /* clean up as we found a cd, but the path was bad */
> umountStage2();
> umount("/mnt/source");
> stage = URL_STAGE_MAIN;
> dir = -1;
> }
> umountLoopback("/tmp/product-disk", "loop7");
> unlink("/tmp/ramfs/product-disk.img");
> unlink("/tmp/product-disk");
> } else {
> /* need to find stage 2 on remote site */
>
> So if anaconda found there is a CD , and loadSingleUrlImage fails, it
> would set the stage back to URL_STAGE_DONE, which would cause the
> install process go back to the beginning, then the user enter http
> server/folder name, it goes to the fetch stage again, then
> loadSingleUrlImage fails.....
> that is where the dead loop comes.
>
> Is this code path intentionally designed?
> Thanks
>
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