Bug 27424

Summary: anaconda crashes trying to install through nfs
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: David Grote <david.grote>
Component: anacondaAssignee: Michael Fulbright <msf>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Brock Organ <borgan>
Severity: high Docs Contact:
Priority: medium    
Version: 7.0   
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Hardware: i586   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2001-02-13 18:12:21 UTC Type: ---
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Description David Grote 2001-02-13 18:12:14 UTC
Trying to install redhat 7.0 through nfs using kickstart.  Once anaconda 
starts up it outputs this error message.  If this has been corrected or it 
is classic operator error, please let me know.

Thanx
David Grote


Traceback (innermost last):
  File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 438, in ?
    intf.run(todo, test = test)
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 1030, in 
run
    rc = apply (step[1](), step[2])
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-
7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/textw/partitioning_text.py", line 134, in __call__
    todo.lilo.allowLiloLocationConfig(todo.fstab)
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/lilo.py", line 124, in 
allowLiloLocationConfig
    if bootDevice[0:2] == "md":
TypeError: unsliceable object

Local variables in innermost frame:
fstab: <fstab.NewtFstab instance at 820b900>
self: <lilo.LiloConfiguration instance at 8289bf0>
bootDevice: None

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p230
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Authentication
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p233
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p234
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p235
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p236
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p252
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p254
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p255
Nsb.

Comment 1 Michael Fulbright 2001-02-14 04:04:19 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 18648 ***