On Mon, 2009-05-04 at 11:20 -0400, James Laska wrote: > On Mon, 2009-05-04 at 15:58 +0100, Peter Robinson wrote: > > >> >> I don't have any warm fuzzies about how good F11 is going to be; > > >> >> I'm afraid that anaconda's instability has blocked a lot of the > > >> >> testing we'd normally get. > > >> > > > >> > Fair point. I'm optimistic with the number of Test Days and the > > >> > increasing use of live images for testing. That said, there is a > > >> > significant hurdle to overcome for calming down the installer. > > >> > > >> I agree the test days have helped but its concerning that I still > > >> can't do an install with custom partitions with the preview release. > > >> And there doesn't seem to be a lot of traction on the bug to fix it > > >> before release. > > > > > > I agree Peter. From my perspective things have been improving with > > > anaconda. However, the exposure continues to be the previous disk > > > layout especially those involving dmraid. > > > > > > When filing a bug, please be as specific as possible when outlining the > > > "steps to reproduce." Order is very important for the custom disk > > > partitioning. If a traceback occurs, the resulting traceback file > > > (/tmp/anacdump.txt) and any screenshots are tremendously helpful. > > > > > > In the case of bug#492154, it appears that the previous OSX disk layout > > > may be the culprit. I'm reaching out to the anaconda-devel folks for > > > advice on further pinpointing this issue. I'll hopefully follow-up with > > > more information. > > > > Interesting, if that was caused by OSX disk layouts maybe some of the > > bugs that were marked as dupes of it should be reopened. Or at least > > the contents of the various bug reports re-examined for information. > > The original bug I filed was marked as a dupe of that and I've since > > put updates on that ticket but haven't been told that its not relevant > > or to open a new bug. > > Let's see what comes out of initial triage efforts for this bug. Stay > tuned ... Peter and Tom, and others who've experienced bug#492154 (Partition map has no partition map entry). Chris Lumens feels confident in a fix but would like some feedback. If you have some time, please download the latest rawhide boot.iso [1] and attempt to reproduce the bug. You can pass along your findings directly in the bug report at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492154, or on the list here. Thanks, James [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/Rawhide#Direct_Rawhide_install
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