This fixes two bugs. The first is that the PReP partition is not created
during a text mode install. The second is that the PReP partition needs
to be zeroed out before grub is run. Grub verifies that no data exists
on the partition before installation.
---
pyanaconda/storage/formats/prepboot.py | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
pyanaconda/storage/partitioning.py | 3 ++-
2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/pyanaconda/storage/formats/prepboot.py b/pyanaconda/storage/formats/prepboot.py
index b7d1c60..b8d8490 100644
--- a/pyanaconda/storage/formats/prepboot.py
+++ b/pyanaconda/storage/formats/prepboot.py
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
from ..errors import *
from . import DeviceFormat, register_device_format
from parted import PARTITION_PREP
+import os
+import logging
+log = logging.getLogger("storage")
class PPCPRePBoot(DeviceFormat):
""" Generic device format. """
@@ -46,6 +49,31 @@ class PPCPRePBoot(DeviceFormat):
"""
DeviceFormat.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
+ def create(self, *args, **kwargs):
+ if self.exists:
+ raise FSError("filesystem already exists")
+
+ DeviceFormat.create(self, *args, **kwargs)
+
+ try:
+ fd = os.open(self.device, os.O_RDWR)
+ length = os.lseek(fd, 0, os.SEEK_END)
+ os.lseek(fd, 0, os.SEEK_SET)
+ buf = '\0' * 1024 * 1024
+ while length > 0:
+ if length >= len(buf):
+ os.write(fd, buf)
+ length -= len(buf)
+ else:
+ buf = '0' * length
+ os.write(fd, buf)
+ length = 0
+ os.close(fd)
+ except Exception as e:
+ log.error("error zeroing out %s: %s" % (self.device, e))
+ if fd:
+ os.close(fd)
+
@property
def status(self):
return False
diff --git a/pyanaconda/storage/partitioning.py b/pyanaconda/storage/partitioning.py
index 49faa78..c380b0c 100644
--- a/pyanaconda/storage/partitioning.py
+++ b/pyanaconda/storage/partitioning.py
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ def _schedulePartitions(storage, disks):
if request.fstype is None:
request.fstype = storage.defaultFSType
- elif request.fstype == "prepboot" and storage.bootLoaderDevice:
+ elif request.fstype == "prepboot" and storage.bootLoaderDevice and \
+ storage.bootLoaderDevice != storage.bootDevice:
# there should never be a need for more than one of these
# partitions, so skip them.
log.info("skipping unneeded stage1 prepboot request")
--
1.7.7.6
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