Bug 18565

Summary: anaconda bomb out
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Need Real Name <p.ficinski>
Component: anacondaAssignee: Michael Fulbright <msf>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Brock Organ <borgan>
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Description Need Real Name 2000-10-06 20:12:32 UTC
I dont really know if this is a duplicate of the other anaconda errors but im sending it in case it isnt.

Two problems:

1) unable to get graphical install (when pressing [enter] on boot floppy it simply loads text mode (not really a huge problem but annoying)

2) anaconda quits after i specify whether or not to format the drives (it prints somrthing like scanning RPMs then crashes)

traceback follows:

Traceback (innermost last):
  File "/usr/bin/anaconda.real", line 438, in ?
    intf.run(todo, test = test)
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 1030, in run
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/textw/packages_text.py", line 33, in __call__
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/todo.py", line 539, in getCompsList
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/harddrive.py", line 43, in readComps
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/comps.py", line 459, in __init__
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/comps.py", line 360, in readCompsFile
TypeError: comp file version 3 or 4 expected

Local variables in innermost frame:
arch2: i686

note i am running:

Athlon 550
128 Mb ram
Abit KA7 motherboard
Voodoo 5 5500

this is a clean install (downloaded from ftp.mirror.ac.uk)

Comment 1 Michael Fulbright 2000-10-09 18:24:06 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 18469 ***