While installing RHEL 6.0 on Dell PowerEdge R510, installer fails while configuring bootloader.

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Issue

  • Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 with UEFI on Dell PowerEdge R510 fails with below backtrace :

  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/bootloader.py", line 217, in writeBootloader
    kernelList, otherList, defaultDev)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 208, in moveStep
    rc = stepFunc(self.anaconda)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 126, in gotoNext
    self.moveStep()
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 1338, in nextClicked
    self.anaconda.dispatch.gotoNext()
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/iw/progress_gui.py", line 79, in renderCallback
    self.intf.icw.nextClicked()
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 1359, in handleRenderCallback
    self.currentWindow.renderCallback()
IndexError: list index out of range

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 x86_64

  • Dell PowerEdge R510

  • UEFI

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