Bug 19170

Summary: Could not install from 600MB partition of 1GB HDD of RH7.0 image due to lack of space
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Need Real Name <dwessels>
Component: anacondaAssignee: Michael Fulbright <msf>
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG QA Contact: Brock Organ <borgan>
Severity: medium Docs Contact:
Priority: medium    
Version: 7.0   
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Hardware: i386   
OS: Linux   
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Last Closed: 2000-11-28 17:40:54 UTC Type: ---
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Description Need Real Name 2000-10-16 11:29:58 UTC
Could not install from 600MB partition of 1GB HDD of RH7.0 image due to
lack of space
on partition on Sunrace 400 laptop (without CDROM) via telnet and cp. This
error resulted
when I tried with boot.img (Suspect last couple of rpm's did not copy
over).
I was unable to successfully use NTP image (netboot.img) on the 3C589C
Etherlink III as
Etherlink III pcmcia setup. Old slakware setup needs extra boot sometimes
for link to work.
I would like to use this old laptop as well with RH7.0 (minimal install).

Here follows RH7.0 install report.

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 32, in __call__
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/todo.py", line 532, in
getHeaderList
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/harddrive.py", line 54,
in readHeaders
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

Local variables in innermost frame:
self: <harddrive.HardDriveInstallMethod instance at 827cf90>
hl: []
path: /tmp/hdimage///root/RedHat/RPMS

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Nsb.

Comment 1 Brock Organ 2000-10-17 22:53:18 UTC
just for clarification, is your problem:

a) the install source image did not fit on your hard drive partition
b) the install source image DID fit on the hard drive partition but failed to
properly install 

please let me know if I misunderstood your problem above ... thanks for your
report!

Comment 2 Need Real Name 2000-10-19 10:23:34 UTC
a) Yes, I think the v*,w*,x*,...rpm s did not fit on.
b) But would still like to know how to use it partially (squeze the nessesary
rpms on)
c) How can I try to restart pcmcia and network on the netboot.img to get nfs
going again for the
alternative option.

Comment 3 Brock Organ 2000-11-07 17:41:25 UTC
hmmm ... 

If you want a minimal hard drive install, try copying the rpms to the hard drive
as listed in the RedHat/base/comps file under the "base" section ... does that
work for you ...?


Comment 4 Brock Organ 2000-11-07 17:43:40 UTC
We haven't seen the problem with the ethernet card you describe above, but we
don't have your exact hardware available to verify it with ... (3C589C Etherlink
III)

Comment 5 Michael Fulbright 2000-11-28 17:40:51 UTC
Please reopen this bug if you continue to have problems.