Bug 171352

Summary: Anaconda still throws exception during pSeries install
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: George C. Wilson <ltcgcw>
Component: anacondaAssignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team <anaconda-maint-list>
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE QA Contact: Mike McLean <mikem>
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Description George C. Wilson 2005-10-20 23:11:15 UTC 
Description of problem:

Anaconda throws an exception during pSeries HTTP install using vnc on an HV4
(Squadrons) partition.  This is a different problem from the previous bug 170576
 I opened, which turned out to be a duplicate of 160660.  However, it is still
impeding our SELinux/MLS development and test as most of our available hardware
is pSeries.  I was using the Oct. 20 rawhide build.

I dumped the log to a remote machine.  It's pretty long for inline.  So it is an
attachment to this bug.

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

Rawhide, Oct. 20

How reproducible:

Install today's rawhide on a pSeries partition with a boot.iso and HTTP
installation method.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Boot a pSeries HV4 partition with today's boot.iso.
2. Pass linux vnc vncconnect=<hostname>:<port> on the boot: line.
3. Setup the network i/f with a static IP addr.
4. Select HTTP install.
5. Partition w/o LVMs.
6. Select development tools to be installed along with the default packages.
7. Go on through to the "Click next to begin installation of Fedora Core"
dialog; click Next; get the "Formatting <filesystem> file system . . ." popups;
then finally get the "Starting installation process.  This may take several
minutes." popup.
8. Get an exception.
  
Actual results:

Installation fails with anaconda exception.

Expected results:

Installation succeeds.

Additional info:
Comment 1 George C. Wilson 2005-10-20 23:11:15 UTC 
Created attachment 120211 [details]
Anaconda dump
Comment 2 George C. Wilson 2005-10-20 23:17:07 UTC 
I ran through the install a 2nd time and got a vastly different dump.  I'll
attach it as well.
Comment 3 George C. Wilson 2005-10-20 23:18:00 UTC 
Created attachment 120213 [details]
Anaconda dump 2
Comment 4 Paul Nasrat 2005-10-20 23:39:19 UTC 
I've fixed both of these already having done an lpar install.  The first
traceback is caused if there is an existing PReP partition - for now you can
choose to select remove all partitions (rather than just linux), although in the
future this will work by default.

The second dump is fixed and should be in tomorrows rawhide tree.  If you want
you can grab the file yuminstall.py, gui.py, text.py from anaconda CVS and
create an RHupdates in your nfs tree and put the files in there, to test tonight eg:

Fedora/
Fedora/base
Fedora/RPMS
RHupdates/yuminstall.py
RHupdates/gui.py
RHupdates/text.py

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda

I completed an install on an powerv LPAR a few hours ago (using vscsis).  You
can try the RHupdates or await tomorrows tree.

Please note though - that right before a test/alpha release rawhide is often
very much in flux and not guaranteed to install.  PPC specific bugs are very
welcome though and thanks for the testing.