Bug 26491

Summary: anaconda crashes during install using update image
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Eje Gustafsson <macahan>
Component: anacondaAssignee: Michael Fulbright <msf>
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG QA Contact: Brock Organ <borgan>
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Description Eje Gustafsson 2001-02-07 16:54:22 UTC
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Had problem with anaconda detecting floppyDrive booted up and used the 
suggested fisher update disk new problem occured.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot up on RH Fisher CD
2. Type in linux updates at boot prompt
3. let the install start
	

Actual Results:  crash

Had problems with the floppydrive not found by anaconda so followed 
instructions for it according to the 25514 bug report. For complete 
discription of my hardware setup see bug 26327.

Got the fisher-upddisk.img and used it as instructed.

type in 
linux updates 
on the boot prompt
it starts up comes to blue screen ask for my updates disk put it into 
floppy drive hit OK
tells me it reads anaconda update 
continue loading. 

sees
starting anaconda..
and some other things there X starts up RH logo 
crash back to black background
now with a new error message

Traceback (innermost last):
 File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 500, in ?
   extraModules = extraModules, pcicController = pcicController)
 File "tmp/updates/todo.py", line 561, in __init__ 
   self.setClass(instClass)
AttributeError: setClass
install exited abnormally
and we are getting shut down.


This time i get a setClass error instead of floppyDrive error

Comment 1 Michael Fulbright 2001-02-07 18:45:24 UTC
It appears that the updates image may be corrupted.

Please mount the floppy (under linux) and run this command:

md5sum /mnt/floppy/todo.py

You should see it output:

b6af38abb36a6429f2ecf0a7e3b291ea  /mnt/floppy/todo.py

Comment 2 Eje Gustafsson 2001-02-08 03:08:04 UTC
Turned out the floppy had bad tracks on it. 

Did a new floppy and it worked fine. Sorry for being stupid and consume 
valuable time.
Got Fisher installed now. time to play.