Bug ID 955098
Summary Error message "invalid byte sequence in UTF-8" during inital installation of lead 42.1
Classification openSUSE
Product openSUSE Distribution
Version Leap 42.1
Hardware x86-64
OS openSUSE 42.1
Status NEW
Severity Major
Priority P5 - None
Component YaST2
Assignee yast2-maintainers@suse.de
Reporter tgschwen@gmail.com
QA Contact jsrain@suse.com
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Blocker ---

During the initial installation of leap 42.1, the following error shows up.
This prevents me from installing it.

Internal error. Please report a bug report with logs
Details: invalid byte sequence in UTF-8
Caller: /mounts/mp_0006/usr/share/YaST2/modules/InstFunctions.rb:150:in
`downcase`

This happens during the step "Search for system files". It is 100% repeatable.
Same error happens with tumbleweed.

Steps to repeat:
1. Download linux and initrd for 42.1
2. kexec downloaded kernel
3. Wait for reboot and installation to start.


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