Bug 27097

Summary: Anaconda crashed after initiating package installation when attempting to upgrade/repair an existing RH 7.0 installtion
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Bruce MacEwen <bmacewen>
Component: anacondaAssignee: Michael Fulbright <msf>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Brock Organ <borgan>
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Description Bruce MacEwen 2001-02-11 23:49:47 UTC
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Full text of "anacdump.txt":

Traceback (innermost last):
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/iw/progress_gui.py", 
line 20, in run
    rc = self.todo.doInstall ()
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/todo.py", line 1480, in 
doInstall
    if self.method.systemMounted (self.fstab, self.instPath, 
self.hdList.selected()):
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/image.py", line 46, in 
systemMounted
    self.loopbackFile = mntPoint + fstab.filesystemSpace(mntPoint)[0][0] + 
\
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/fstab.py", line 258, in 
filesystemSpace
    space.append((mntpoint, isys.fsSpaceAvailable(topMount + '/' + 
mntpoint)))
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/isys.py", line 16, in fsSpaceAvailable
    return _isys.devSpaceFree(fsystem)
SystemError: (2, 'No such file or directory')

Local variables in innermost frame:
fsystem: /mnt/sysimage//xfer

ToDo object:
(itodo
ToDo
p1
(dp2
S'method'
p3
(iimage
CdromInstallMethod
p4
(dp5
S'progressWindow'
p6

<failed>


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.just start re-installing again
2. note: I *had* installed NS 6.01 and gotten a "cannot initiate X" 
message last time I tried to boot in.  (Had initlevel = 5 pre-set, but got 
text login, logged in as root, then said "startx," and got fatal 
exception.)
3.

Comment 1 Bruce MacEwen 2001-02-11 23:50:42 UTC
Created attachment 9703 [details]
full text of "Anaconda dump" error message

Comment 2 Michael Fulbright 2001-02-12 03:49:29 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 18032 ***