Bug 139191

Summary: Installer aborts with "IndexError: list index out of range" when determining packages.
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Martin Nichol <martin>
Component: anacondaAssignee: Jeremy Katz <katzj>
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG QA Contact: Mike McLean <mikem>
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Description Martin Nichol 2004-11-13 21:18:57 UTC
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Description of problem:
Upgrade a machine with FC1, kept updated with yum, to FC3.

It gets to the point where it determines packages and then aborts with
this:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/src/build/475969-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py",
line 789, in nextClicked
    self.dispatch.gotoNext()
  File
"/usr/src/build/475969-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py",
line 171, in gotoNext
    self.moveStep()
  File
"/usr/src/build/475969-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py",
line 239, in moveStep
    rc = apply(func, self.bindArgs(args))
  File
"/usr/src/build/475969-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/upgrade.py",
line 346, in upgradeFindPackages
    method.mergeFullHeaders(id.grpset.hdrlist)
  File
"/usr/src/build/475969-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/image.py", line
126, in mergeFullHeaders
    hdlist.mergeFullHeaders("%s/%s/base/hdlist2" % (self.tree,
productPath))
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/hdrlist.py", line 343, in mergeFullHeaders
    rpm.mergeHeaderListFromFD(self.hdlist, fd, 1000004)
IndexError: list index out of range

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


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot from FC3 CDROM
2. Choose graphical install, US English, US Keyboard.
3. Begin installation.
    

Additional info:

Comment 1 Martin Nichol 2004-11-13 21:20:12 UTC
Created attachment 106650 [details]
anaconda debug dump

As generated by the "Save to Disk" option.

Comment 2 Jeremy Katz 2004-11-15 15:13:05 UTC
There are multiple media errors reading from your CD.  Please reburn
your media (a lower speed might help) and try again.  

<4>hdc: media error (bad sector): status=0x51 { DriveReady
SeekComplete Error }
<4>hdc: media error (bad sector): error=0x30