Why does kickstart sometimes crash just before grub install?

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When using the bootloader --driveorder option in a kickstart file to specify which drive is first in the BIOS boot order, make sure that you list all the drives in the system on that line. Otherwise, kickstart may crash with a traceback like the following:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 1186, in ?
    intf.run(id, dispatch, confi...

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