Description of problem:
traceback at end of examining storage devices:

Traceback (most recent call first):
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/storage/__init__.py", line 1434, in getReleaseString
    mi = ts.dbMatch('provides', 'initscripts')
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/storage/__init__.py", line 1493, in findExistingRootDevices
    (arch, product, version) = getReleaseString(anaconda.rootPath)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/upgrade.py", line 81, in findRootParts
    upgradeany=flags.cmdline.has_key("upgradeany"))
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/dispatch.py", line 338, in dispatch
    self.dir = self.steps[self.step].target(self.anaconda)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/dispatch.py", line 235, in go_forward
    self.dispatch()
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/gui.py", line 1198, in nextClicked
    self.anaconda.dispatch.go_forward()
error: rpmdb open failed

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
16.14

How reproducible:
every time

Steps to Reproduce:
1. create x86_64 install DVD tc1
2. boot dvd, select basic storage devices
3.
  
Actual results:
error as above

Expected results:
install F16

Additional info: