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Bug 1369786 - Autopart fails on installation from live usb created by l-i-t-d
Summary: Autopart fails on installation from live usb created by l-i-t-d
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: 25
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Radek Vykydal
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard: AcceptedBlocker
: 1369607 (view as bug list)
Depends On:
Blocks: F25BetaBlocker
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2016-08-24 11:57 UTC by Petr Schindler
Modified: 2016-10-24 15:31 UTC (History)
10 users (show)

Fixed In Version: anaconda-25.20.4-1 anaconda-25.20.4-1.fc25
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Last Closed: 2016-10-07 03:34:56 UTC
Type: Bug
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Attachments (Terms of Use)
anaconda.log (18.46 KB, text/plain)
2016-08-24 12:02 UTC, Petr Schindler 		no flags Details
program.log (104.83 KB, text/plain)
2016-08-24 12:02 UTC, Petr Schindler 		no flags Details
storage.log (9.47 KB, text/plain)
2016-08-24 12:03 UTC, Petr Schindler 		no flags Details
Screenshot of error message (106.96 KB, image/png)
2016-08-24 12:03 UTC, Petr Schindler 		no flags Details
output of 'mount -a' (2.85 KB, text/plain)
2016-08-24 12:05 UTC, Petr Schindler 		no flags Details
storage.log cmurphy (504.25 KB, text/plain)
2016-09-14 01:47 UTC, Chris Murphy 		no flags Details
anaconda.log cmurphy (218.66 KB, text/plain)
2016-09-14 01:48 UTC, Chris Murphy 		no flags Details
journal.log cmurphy (1.35 MB, text/x-vhdl)
2016-09-14 01:48 UTC, Chris Murphy 		no flags Details
program.log cmurphy (188.76 KB, text/plain)
2016-09-14 01:49 UTC, Chris Murphy 		no flags Details
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Description Petr Schindler 2016-08-24 11:57:43 UTC 
Description of problem:
I put Alpha 1-1 image to usb with:
livecd-iso-to-disk --reset-mbr --format Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-25_Alpha-1.1.iso /dev/sdb

In installation destination I choose one disk and choose to delete all the partitions. Then error appears with message:
"autopart failed:
/dev/sdd1 is currently mounted and cannot be used for the installation. Please unmount it and retry."

/dev/sdd is the media from which I booted the system so it cannot be unmounted.

This exact thing happens with two different flash disks and on two different computers.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
anaconda-24.20-2.fc25.x86_64
Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-25_Alpha-1.1.iso

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. create bootable flash disk by running livecd-iso-to-disk --reset-mbr --format Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-25_Alpha-1.1.iso /dev/<flash disk>
2. Boot, go to the installation destination
3. Choose disk and let anaconda to autopart

Actual results:
Autopart fails and wants you to unmount usb from which the installation runs.

Expected results:
Chosen disk is used and parted

Additional info:
I propose this as beta blocker as it violates the combination of beta criterion: 
"All release-blocking images must boot in their supported configurations. This criterion differs from the similar Alpha criterion only in that it requires all supported methods of writing a Fedora USB stick to work, not just any single one."
and the alpha criterion:
"The installer must be able to complete an installation to a single disk using automatic partitioning."
Installation works with other methods of writing an image to usb stick.
Comment 1 Petr Schindler 2016-08-24 12:02:18 UTC 
Created attachment 1193606 [details]
anaconda.log
Comment 2 Petr Schindler 2016-08-24 12:02:42 UTC 
Created attachment 1193607 [details]
program.log
Comment 3 Petr Schindler 2016-08-24 12:03:08 UTC 
Created attachment 1193608 [details]
storage.log
Comment 4 Petr Schindler 2016-08-24 12:03:42 UTC 
Created attachment 1193609 [details]
Screenshot of error message
Comment 5 Petr Schindler 2016-08-24 12:05:17 UTC 
Created attachment 1193610 [details]
output of 'mount -a'
Comment 6 Adam Williamson 2016-08-24 21:47:25 UTC 
+1 beta blocker, also +1 Alpha FE if we wind up slipping and someone wants to fix this this week...
Comment 7 Geoffrey Marr 2016-08-29 19:39:53 UTC 
Discussed during the 2016-08-29 blocker review meeting: [1]

The decision to classify this bug as an AcceptedBlocker was made as it is a clear violation of the Beta Blocker Criteria, which states "All release-blocking images must boot in their supported configurations. This criterion differs from the similar Alpha criterion only in that it requires all supported methods of writing a Fedora USB stick to work, not just any single one" and "The installer must be able to complete an installation to a single disk using automatic partitioning."

[1] https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-blocker-review/2016-08-29/f25-blocker-review.2016-08-29-16.00.txt
Comment 8 Geoffrey Marr 2016-08-31 00:36:37 UTC 
I am seeing this same bug on Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-25_Alpha-2.iso.
Comment 9 Chris Murphy 2016-09-14 01:46:16 UTC 
I can reproduce this. However in the attached logs I see this

01:44:59,594 INFO anaconda: Performing post-installation setup tasks -- DONE
01:44:59,594 INFO anaconda: Thread Done: AnaInstallThread (139661271574272)

So the installation completed? That doesn't make sense based on the screen shot and description of it failing within autopart. And I also don't see sda, sdb, sdc, or sdd1 in any of the logs, but foudn in the screenshot. So I'm going to attach a bunch of my own logs that show sdb1 (USB stick) as failing the installation for the same reason; and the storage.log also contains a blivet exception and traceback.
Comment 10 Chris Murphy 2016-09-14 01:47:36 UTC 
Created attachment 1200675 [details]
storage.log cmurphy
Comment 11 Chris Murphy 2016-09-14 01:48:08 UTC 
Created attachment 1200676 [details]
anaconda.log cmurphy
Comment 12 Chris Murphy 2016-09-14 01:48:55 UTC 
Created attachment 1200677 [details]
journal.log cmurphy
Comment 13 Chris Murphy 2016-09-14 01:49:29 UTC 
Created attachment 1200678 [details]
program.log cmurphy
Comment 14 Chris Murphy 2016-09-14 02:10:32 UTC 
21:35:22,726 INFO blivet: sdb1 looks to be the live device; marking as protected
...
21:35:26,297 INFO program: Running... umount /home
21:35:26,300 INFO program: stderr:
21:35:26,300 INFO program: b'umount: /home: target is busy'
...
21:35:26,416 INFO blivet: teardown of EncHome failed: umount of /home failed (32)
##/home is encrypted on the live media using --home-size-mb option when creating
...
19:36:02,346 DEBUG blivet: removing all non-preexisting partitions ['req0(id 367)', 'req1(id 374)', 'req2(id 381)', 'sdb1(id 11)'] from disk(s) ['sda'
....

OK so decent chance comment 9 through comment 13 can be ignored because I used --overlay-size-mb and --home-size-mb and end up with cluttered logs as a result. I get the same failure but possibly for different reasons.
Comment 15 Chris Murphy 2016-09-14 02:57:53 UTC 
I just retested without --home-size-mb and --overlay-size-mb and get the same results in the logs I attached, minus the complaints about /home.
Comment 16 Geoffrey Marr 2016-09-15 21:27:32 UTC 
*** Bug 1369607 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 17 Geoffrey Marr 2016-09-26 16:34:20 UTC 
Hey Anaconda Devs,

After reviewing this bug during the 2016-09-26 Blocker-Review-Meeting, we noticed that there has been no progress made in several days. Is there anything the QA team can do to help get this bug solved?

Thanks,
Geoff M. - QA
IRC: coremodule
Comment 18 Chris Murphy 2016-09-26 18:15:06 UTC 
Retested with Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-25-20160924.n.0.iso which contains anaconda 25.20.1-1. Used livecd-tools-23.4-1.fc24.x86_64.
Same results in the logs as what are attached (by me), including all the blivet exception tracebacks.
Comment 19 Radek Vykydal 2016-09-30 11:05:01 UTC 
https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/817
Comment 20 Fedora Update System 2016-10-05 20:29:18 UTC 
anaconda-25.20.4-1.fc25 has been pushed to the Fedora 25 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-067d26633e
Comment 21 Kamil Páral 2016-10-06 17:15:57 UTC 
This worked for me with Beta 1.1.
Comment 22 Fedora Update System 2016-10-07 03:34:56 UTC 
anaconda-25.20.4-1.fc25 has been pushed to the Fedora 25 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
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