Bug 158186

Summary: installer hangs writing image after format of root partition
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Ron Brink <rbrink>
Component: anacondaAssignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team <anaconda-maint-list>
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Description Ron Brink 2005-05-19 13:56:06 UTC
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Description of problem:
After making all my selections, the installer formats the root (and one additional partition), it gets to writing the image before installing packages. It hangs at this point. I have tested the CDs - all okay. I have tried installing ALL packages, server, workstation and custom.  It always hangs after the format. The progress bar gets about 3/4 and just sits there.  I even left it sitting for three hours only to find it never moved or completed.

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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. pick options
2. format partitions
3. hangs after partial writing of image file
  

Actual Results:  always hangs

Expected Results:  it should start imstalling packages

Additional info:

Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2005-05-23 15:11:03 UTC
Are you using ext3 or some other filesystem?  Are there any error messages on
other ttys?

Comment 2 Ron Brink 2005-05-23 23:00:50 UTC
I have sekected ext3 for root(/) and first mount (/u01).  Unable to switch 
during install to other ttys.

Comment 3 Jeremy Katz 2005-05-23 23:14:55 UTC
Does booting with 'linux ide=nodma' help?

Comment 4 Ron Brink 2005-05-25 23:11:16 UTC
Tried and still the same.  It read the CDROM to boot from but then it acts 
like there is no cdrom attached.

Comment 5 Matthew Miller 2006-07-10 20:32:27 UTC
Fedora Core 3 is now maintained by the Fedora Legacy project for security
updates only. If this problem is a security issue, please reopen and
reassign to the Fedora Legacy product. If it is not a security issue and
hasn't been resolved in the current FC5 updates or in the FC6 test
release, reopen and change the version to match.

Thank you!


Comment 6 Red Hat Bugzilla 2007-06-12 02:51:47 UTC
requested by Jams Antill

Comment 7 petrosyan 2008-02-11 23:38:50 UTC
Fedora Core 3 is not maintained anymore.

Setting status to "INSUFFICIENT_DATA". If you can reproduce this bug in the
current Fedora release, please reopen this bug and assign it to the
corresponding Fedora version.